Credit hours
In-class work per week |
Practice per week |
Credits |
Duration |
Total |
6 |
1 |
8 |
15 weeks |
120 hours |
Instructor
Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz
Objective
a) provide basic concepts of GIS, including spatial structure of geodatabase, map projections, coordinate systems, remote sensing and global position systems; b) instruct students to create cartographic databses using image interpretation and GPS surveys; c) demonstrate how geospatial technology could be used for natural resources management; d) make pratical assessments to support the aplication of GIS tecnology on research projects of students.
Content
Spatial information concept. Coordinate systems / projection systems; linear and spatial measurements units; basic cartography, GIS: definition, types, softwares, overall view of ArcGIS, GNSS: system, receptors; Remote Sensing concepts; georefering, control points error estimation. Digital and analogic data sources; map digitalization; GNSS: data field collection; Images: sources, types, formats, raster concept; multispectral image, vegetation indices; supervised classification; tematic map; high resolution images. ArcGIS; project; layers, simbology, field data plot, queries, attributes, table management and association. Forestry database, attribute and spatial queries. Cartographic database. Countour levels digitalization, Digital Elevation Model, slope and aspect. Buffers and vetorial map processing, table summarizing, road and stand design.
Bibliography
Bettinger, P. and M. Wing. 2004. Geographic Information Systems- Applications in Forestry and Natural Resources Management. McGraw Hill, Boston.
Silva, I.F.T.; Manual Técnico de Noções Básicas de Cartografia. Fundação IBGE, 1998.
Theobald, David M. 2001. GIS Concepts and ArcView Methods, 3rd Edition. Conservation Planning Technologies, Ft. Collins, CO.
VETTORAZZI,C.A. Sensoriamento remoto orbital. Piracicaba: ESALQ/DER, 1992. 134p.
NOVO, E.M.L.M. Sensoriamento remoto: princípios e aplicações. São José Campos: INPE, 1988. 364p.
COUTO,H.T.Z. Sistemas de informações geográficas: aplicações florestais. Série Técnica IPEF, v.9, n.28, p.1-18, dez.1993.