SRV 215 - Intro to Land Information Sys

Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

An introduction to Land Information System and Land Records Research. Mapping information analysis compiled from country records for environmental protection, land uses, land values and the responsibility of the professional surveyor to a land information system will be covered. An introduction to LIS software will be included.
Competencies

Introduce and define Geographic Information Systems (GIS)/Land Information Systems (LIS
1. Describe background of GIS/LIS
2. Identify other sources of information on the GIS/LIS
Understand GIS/LIS requirement of basic cartography
1. Describe basics of geographic information
2. Describe map projections, coordinate systems and scale
3. Convert a map into computer readable form
4. Devise ways of encoding geographic features into numbers
5. Examine the data structures and formats that GIS/LIS use to store and use geographic information
Explain how maps and their attributes are incorporated into GIS/LIS from existing data sources, from converting paper maps or images into digits, and from field measurement. How data capture takes place has a major impact on data structure, and therefore
Examine how graphic data is stored in the GIS/LIS using spatial data structures
Use GIS/LIS to do a spatial analysis in addition to basic statistical analysis
Illustrate how good maps made by GIS/LIS follow the accepted rules of cartographic representation and symbolization
1. Describe map terminology
2. Describe the different map types covered, and some of the design rules introduced