Geographical Information Systems 1

In this first part of the course, we will focus on the digitization and the storage of geodata. In particular, you will learn:

• To characterize spatial objects and/or phenomena (territory modeling) with respect to their position in space (through coordinate systems, projections, and spatial relationships) and according to their intrinsic nature (object/vector mode vs. Image/raster mode);
• About the different means used to acquire spatial data; including direct measurement, georeferencing images, digitization, existing data source, etc.);
• About the different ways in which geodata can be stored - notably, files and relational databases;
• How to use data modeling tools to describe and create a spatial database;
• To query and analyze data using SQL, a common data manipulation language.