2020-2021 / GEOG0070-1

GIS project

Duration

80h Proj.

Number of credits

 Master in geography: geomatics (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in geography : geomatics and surveying (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

N...

Substitute(s)

Jean-Paul Kasprzyk

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Implementation of a GIS in remote server following precise specifications (application geo-marketing, risk analysis, ...) and using all the notions seen in the courses of GIS and advanced GIS:
- Design of a spatial database
- Data integration
- Implementation of a spatial data server (WMS, WFS, ...)
- Server treatments
- Implementation of a web interface
- Management of user privileges
- Transactional and decisional aspects
- Manipulation of spatial data exchange formats (GeoJSON, ...)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Application of all the theoretical aspects seen during GIS and advanced GIS.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

GIS, databases, web programming

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  A session is dedicated to the presentation of the specifications. The student will then have to do the work autonomously and find information in books, on the internet or by contacting the teacher.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Individual work done autonomously

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

If the pandemic situation requires it, the project will be evaluated on the basis of a presentation by the student via videoconference (as well as the written report).

Recommended or required readings

Specifications available on E-Campus

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam AND written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Presentation of the prototype and written report

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Jean-Paul Kasprzyk - jp.kasprzyk@uliege.be