Study Programmes 2016-2017
WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications
ARCH1952-1  
Geographical information systems
Duration :
24h Th
Number of credits :
Master in architecture (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Georges Mabille
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
Maps Topographical, geological and pedological maps: Belgium's cadastral profile The main cartographic projections.
Using IT tools Digitisation of cartographic documents Vector mode and image mode Georeferencing and corrections to be made to cartographical documents. Creating a digital model of the land. Creating slope maps. Creating land use maps. Geographic information systems
Maps used in land management. Integration into geographic information systems Assessing the impact of changes to the environment and in particular their relationship to natural risks. Examples: solar energy input, flooding, land slides, risks related to karst.
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GRASS initiation
Init...
Import a x yx z file
Enjoy....
TP1 : DEM data
The data...
Interpolations
Interpolations