NOVA Information Management School

GI Standards

Code

200055

Academic unit

NOVA Information Management School

Credits

4.0

Teacher in charge

Teaching language

Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English

Objectives

This course's main objectives: LO 1-Raise awareness among students of the importance of standards in the field of geoinformation; LO 2-Provide information about the structure of standards, as well as processes and their results; LO 3-Provide information on the content of essential and relevant standards such as data quality, spatial structure and map concept and features of web services (WMS and WFS); LO 4-Explore the use of space as standard WMS and WFS using practical examples. 

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

LU 1-XML and UML: Introduction into XML; Introduction into UML class diagrams. LU 2-Standardization by ISO and OGC: ISO - the International Organization for Standardization; The ISO process of standardization LU 3-Syntactical and semantic interoperability LU 4-Geodata quality: Concept of quality and quality management; ISO standards for quality of geodata LU 5-ISO and OGC geometry structures: OGC Abstract Specifications; Definitions: feature, feature collection, element property, geometric property; Spatial schema and Simple Features; GML LU 6-Accessing geodata via the Internet: Internet and web service basics; Web service architectures; National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI); Overview on OGC Web Service (OWS) Interfaces; Understanding the purposes of OWS; Combination of OWS in a Spatial Data Infrastructure; Exemplifying functionality of Web Map Services and partly Web Feature Services 

Bibliography

Wolfgang Kresse and Kian Fadiae (2004): ISO Standards for Geographic Information. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN: 3-540-20130-0 Course lectures (online materials) More literatures could be found in course lecture slides

Teaching method

E-Learning Synchronous tools: Synchronous Sessions - Teacher / Class; Videoconferencing sessions, self-assessment exercises. Asynchronous tools Discussion forum Access to Content Platform

Evaluation method

Final Exam (75 %); Comprehension Controls (15 %); Exercises (10 %).

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