WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management:

Semester: October 2007

Part-B: Geographical Information System (GIS)

1. Instructor:

Akm Saiful Islam
Assistant Professor, IWFM, BUET
Email: akmsaifulislam@iwfm.buet.ac.bd
Phone: 880-2-9664640 ~ 44 PABX Ext 7923

2. Class Hours:

  Monday (subject to change)    4:20p.m. - 5:50p.m.  (Ground Floor, IWFM)

3. Office Hours:

  Monday (subject to change)    3:50p.m. - 4:20p.m.  (Room 306-2,  IWFM)

4. Course Content:

Concepts of GIS; Spatial data: sources, acquisition and entry; Database; Vector and raster data; Data analysis; GIS output; Integration of remote sensing and GIS; Application of remote sensing and GIS in water resources modeling and management.

5. Grading Policy (subject to change):

Mid Term  = 20%  Final Exam = 40%  Assignment =20% 
Mini Project =15% Attendance =   5%

6. Syllabus:

Introduction to remote sensing; Principles of remote sensing; Remote sensing systems; Digital image processing; Concepts of GIS; Spatial data: sources, acquisition and entry; Database; Vector and raster data; Data analysis; GIS output; Integration of remote sensing and GIS; Application of remote sensing and GIS in water resources modeling and management.

7. Lecture Topics:

8. Hands on Training:
    on the application of GIS in water modeling and management

  1. Zonal statistics:
    Hands on training on locating buildings vulnerable to flood damage
    data: file
     

  2. Digital Terrain Analysis:
    Generation of rainfall contour map using spatial analysis of GIS
    data: file
     

  3. Geo-statistical Analysis:
    Developing ground water level map for Dinajpur district, Bangladesh using geo-statistical analyst    data: file
     

  4. Spatial Analysis:
    Application of GIS in Watershed Analysis 
    data: file
     

  5. Data Exploration:
    Locate potential sites for hot springs resort.
     

  6. Geometric transformation:
    Geo-referencing of a scanned soil map
     

9. Mini Project:

 - Guideline: Students are advise to select a topic relevant to their profession.
-  Report: 10 page report written in Ms Word, due on Last week. Report should contain - introduction to the problem, methodology, results, conclusion.
- Presentation: Each group will present their study at the end of the semester

10. Software: ArcGIS 9.2, ILWIS 3.4

9. Books:

1. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - by Kang-Tsung Chang
     (Hands on Training Text)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. GIS Work Book, Part-I Fundamentals , Part-II Technical - by Shunji Murai (Main Text)
Online Version: http://ksrs.or.kr/library/index.htm

Last updated on February 16, 2008

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