
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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