Spatial Information Science

By Prof. Shahab Fazal, Dr. Saleha Jamal | Aligarh Muslim University

Learners enrolled: 367 | Exam registration: 26

ABOUT THE COURSE:
In today’s world – the flow of information especially digital information has become the critical ingredient for success in any activity. That is why, the period we live in is often referred to as an information age. It is a simple fact that everything human beings do, do takes place at a certain location on the earth – it has a geographic component. The digital information revolution of the late twentieth century has allowed this spatial information to be more easily accessed, analyzed and used than ever before. This led to the development of SIS as a discipline and emergence of GIS as a core of digital technology.
Traditionally, the discipline of Geography dealt with spatial description and analysis. Now in the era of multi-disciplinary approach, students, researchers, professionals from different disciplines find their way into the emerging discipline of GIS making it popular. The rapid expansion and popularization of GIS means that now Spatial Science is not just for the specialists, but for every-one, but these users have different requirements. The present Course is an attempt to provide basic fundamentals of Space oriented training for students and professionals.
The course is designed to provide in-depth explanations of key concepts and topics which are easy to follow and understand. It also contains wide range of highly effective and explanatory lab-work for additional informations.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: This course is designed for professionals, students, and researchers who wish to gain practical skills in spatial data science using open source GIS software. It is suitable for individuals from diverse backgrounds, including all domains of science, engineering,, architecture, life sciences and social sciences with spatial iinformation is a must for planning – development and monitoring of resources and their distribution

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: The course is designed incorporating of NEP 2020 considering recent developments in the field and the need for skilled workforce. Especially with govt. initiatives e.g. Smart cities, SWAMITVA, AMRUT, etc. and in sectors particularly transport, logistics, supply chain management; policy changes like de-regulating geospatial data have tremendously increased its adoption and scope.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Earth Sciences
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	25 Oct 2024 IST
ALERT ON EXAM DATE :	Exam date is subject to change.

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Human cognition of the spatial world, Sensing and perceiving the world, Cognitive maps, Spatial learning and interpretation of maps, Defining a map, types.

Week 2: Space representation concepts, features and properties, Map projections, Georeferencing.

Week 3: Spatial Data Models, Information organization and data structure, Data and information, Geographic data and spatial information, Spatial data formats – raster and vector, Choice between raster and vector.

Week 4: Fundamental concepts of Geographic data, Spatial Query and Analysis – Types of spatial analysis

Week 5: Spatial Analysis – Components, Process, Basic spatial Analysis tools.

Week 6: Overlay Working in Spatial Analysis - Case Studies, Problems and challenges in spatial analysis, Queries and reasoning, Measurements and their application.

Week 7: Measurement, Transformations- types and their application in spatial science.

Week 8: Buffer and Interpolation - case study, Application of spatial analysis -urban planning, Public health management

Week 9: Application of spatial analysis- Agriculture and farming, water Analysis, Digital Elevation Model, Data Acquisition and Errors, Spatial Relations – Topological Relations, Data Standardization.

Week 10: Project Module: SIS Project Design and Management: Problem identification, evaluation strategy, execution and implementation, Lab Work - Introduction to QGIS and graphic user interface.

Week 11: Lab Work Map Georeferencing in QGIS, Spatial Analysis- Digitization, converting point data to digital format, creating line data.

Week 12: Lab Work Digitization-line, Area Data capture, Spatial relation Attributes, working with google earth- Data Export to kml and shp, Digitization, thematic map display.

Books and references

Burrough, P. A., (1986) Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment. Clarendon Press, Oxford

Clarke, K. C., (2003) Getting Started With Geographic Information Systems, Prentice Hall Publication.

Clarke, K.C. (1990) Analytical and Computer Cartography. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Heywood, I., Cornelius, S., Carver, S., (2002) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Pearson Publication.

Keates, J. S., (1982) Understanding Maps. Longman, London

Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M. F., Maguire, D. J., Rhind, D. W. (2001) Geographical Information Systems and Science. Wiley, Chichester

Menno-Jan Krack and Ferjan Ormeling (2005) Cartography – Visualization of Geospatial Data. Pearson Publication.

Instructor bio

Prof. Shahab Fazal

Aligarh Muslim University

Prof. Shahab Fazal is Professor of Geography. His research interests are in Resource Evaluation,, Remote Sensing and GIS. Prof Fazal has published Sixeen books and more than Seventy five research articles in various national and international journals. Prof. Shahab Fazal has extensive collaborative research with some of the leading institutions from western world. His academic visits and research includes United States of America; Great Britain; Canada; Germany; The Netherlands; Sweden; Belgium; France; Switzerland; Italy etc. He is recipient of prestigious fellowships such as-CSIR Fellowship (1991-93); Canadian Government-Shastri Faculty Research Fellowship (2003 and 2009); British Government-Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship (2004); DST-DAAD Fellowship (2000-2001); Netherlands Government- NWO-ICSSR Visiting Professor (2011); United States of America - Fulbright Fellowship (2013-14). He was also member of Indo -German Joint Research Team working for DST - DAAD Research Project. He has successfully completed four Major Research Projects sponsored by DST, ICSSR, DST-DAAD and SICI (Canada).

Prof. Fazal has also coordinated several Refresher Courses/Winter Schools on Disaster Management for UGC-Academic Staff College at AMU. He was also coordinator of DST Sponsored Winter School on Application of RS&GIS for Natural Resource Management.

Dr. Saleha Jamal

Dr. Saleha Jamal, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University completed her B.Sc. (2006), M.Sc (2008) and Ph.D (2012) from Aligarh Muslim University, India. Throughout she had a brilliant academic career having obtained University Gold Medal for first position in B.Sc and M.Sc. She has more than twelve years of teaching experience at UG and PG level.

She has been awarded with various prestigious scholarships (Post Graduate Merit Scholarship, INSPIRE Fellowship by DST, Government of India) and best paper presentation awards like “Young Geographer Award at Banaras Hindu University in 2010”, “Prof. N.P. Aiyyer Young Geographer Award at Punjab University in 2010”, “Nishi Gaur Young Researcher Award at DDU Gorakhpur University in 2012” and other academic awards like “Best Researcher Award at Aligarh Muslim University in 2011” and “Special Recognition Award in the World Wetland Day Conference at Thane in 2021” “1 st Prize in oral presentation in the World Wetland Day Conference 16 th National Conference on Wetlands “at Mumbai in 2022” “Best Geography Teacher Award, 2023” by the Deccan Geographical Society of India in XVII DGSI International Geography Congress, “Recognition for Contributions to Science in STEM disciplines” by the Indo-US APJ Abdul Kalam STEM Centre of the Ohio State University and Aligarh Muslim University of Education and Research etc.

She specializes in the field of Environmental issues, urban and related health issues etc. She is an active researcher and a prolific writer and has published seven books on issues like Indoor Air Pollution, Urban-Rural Linkages, Water Supply and Sanitation for the Urban Poor in India, Monitoring and Managing Natural Resources, Neighbourhood concept, Climate change Vulnerabilities and Adaptation etc. and more than sixty research papers on issues related to land use land cover changes, environment, urban, and health in National and International journals of repute. She has completed one major project awarded by IMPRESS (ICSSR) entitled “Environmental and Health Consequences of Slaughter Houses: A study of slaughter houses located on the outskirts of Aligarh city” and presently she is working with another major project awarded by ICSSR entitled “Planning Wetland Management with Land Transformation Trends Using Geo-Spatial Approach: A Case Study of Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India”

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 25 October 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of AMU and INI.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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