SGHG3583 GIS Software Systems and MGHG1544 GIS Application Development
Synopsis of the course:
- This course is designed to introduce the concept and architecture of GIS software system.
- This course will cover from the intermediate knowledge to advance usage of the GIS software for the purpose of GIS analysis and application.
- Several commercial and non-commercial GIS software and software vendors will be discussed.
- This course will offer knowledge in developing small scale of GIS software/application in handling some related GIS project.
- This course will put a greater emphasis on the exercise, handling and managing spatial GIS data using various GIS software.
- Hence, students are expected to gain:
- An understanding of the technologies, architecture and development of the GIS software;
- Ways of processing the spatial data by utilizing the GIS software and
- To demonstrate abilities of spatial thinking to solve spatial problems by utilizing the GIS software system and development.
Among the topics covered throughout the course are:
- GIS software – evolution, architecture, technology, data models and customization
- Building GIS software systems
- Types of GIS software systems
- GIS software vendors
- GIS software Development and Extensions
- Free and Open Source Software for GIS (FOSS4G)
- Low-Cost GIS
- Future trends of GIS software