Geoinformatics (P01227)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : GEO-P-GISGINF

This course aims to get students thinking about how they go about representing spatial information in a computer and what the advantages and disadvantages are of different approaches (e.g. qualitative spatial representations, or languages such as GML and OWL). It will present current research in knowledge representation and ontologies for spatial information, and discuss and demonstrate research on how these representations are implemented and have an impact on knowledge discovery and consequent analysis. Furthermore, students will be encouraged to develop their own representations to solve both old and new problems. The course will not only present the theory of representation but will explore its implementation and application.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Spatial Modelling

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences), (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Block 3 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
09/01/2008	09:00	11:00	Room 3.18, Old Infirmary (Geography)	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Wednesday	09:00	13:00	Central
Laboratory	Thursday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, students should have achieved and demonstrated, or be able to achieve and demonstrate, the ability to:
-understand the principle methods by which spatial information is currently represented
-recognise the limitations of languages and data models for representing geographic information
-think creatively about representing geographic information
-locate, read and summarise relevant literature, from both traditional and electronic media, to extend your understanding of the topic
-develop reasoned arguments, firmly grounded in the available literature
-plan and write assignments, within the specified parameters and to a professional standard
-take responsibility for your own learning through reading and the preparation of assignments, and reflect upon your learning experience