Mobility program for Brazilian students
(available for incoming Erasmus students in cartography)
Title |
Lecturer |
Credits |
Open source GIS software |
János MÉSZÁROS |
4 |
- The main topic of the course will be two leading open-source GIS software: QGIS (or Quantum GIS) and GRASS GIS, their functionalities, processing methods etc. The related code-directories (GDAL, OGR, PROJ.4) also will be discussed during the semester.
- List of main subtopics:
- Introduction into open-source GIS, examples, basic methods
- Integration of different data types and sources (local files, web-based services, databases, GPS based data import etc.)
- Visualization of different data types (RGB or HIS raster files, multispectral images, vector files)
- Editing of different data formats
- Parameterization of map projections, syntax of PROJ4 format to describe projections
- Analysis methods with vector files (buffer, neighbourhood, least-distance, topology) and raster files (filters, classification methods, 3D analysis).