GIS-E1070 - Theories and Techniques in GIS D, 27.10.2020-08.12.2020

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• Select topic Welcome to the course!

  Welcome to the course!
  The schedule for the course is shown below. Learning sessions will be hosted by University lecturer Jussi Nikander, unless noted otherwise in the description of the session. The exercise sessions will be hosted by the course teaching assistant, Mr. Jan Pisl.
  

  For the requirements how to pass the course, please consult the slides for the first learning session, available in the Materials page.
  

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    The course uses Zoom meetings for learning sessions. You can access the meeting room from this link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69084654884.

    
    

    The lectures will not be recorded.
    
  • Select activity The schedule for the course Date Time Topic Wed 28...

    The schedule for the course

    Date	Time	Topic
    Wed 28.10	14-16	Introduction to the course and fundamental spatial concepts
    Thu 29.10	10-12	Modeling and representing geospatial information on computers
    Wed 4.11	14-16	Basic data structures and algorithms, simple spatial problems for algorithms
    Thu 5.11	10-12	Polygon networks, polygon topology, Voronoi and Delaunay
    Wed 11.11	14-16	Raster data 1: fundamentals, map algebra, raster data storage and indexing
    Thu 12.11	10-12	Raster data 2: shortest paths in raster data, viewshed calculation, spatial data subdivisions
    Wed 18.11	14-16	Spatial graph problems
    Thu 19.11	10-12	Range searching and windowing
    Wed 25.11	14-16	GIS databases, spatial data in databases, GIS Software
    Thu 26.11	10-12	Examples and experience from practice
    Wed 2.12	14-16	3d visualization (by Petri Rönnholm)
    Thu 3.12	10-12	In reserve
    Tue 8.12	9-12	EXAM, on-line

    
    

    In addition to the lectures, there will be 5 rounds of exercises on the course. The preliminary schedule for the exercise sessions is shown below. The exercise sessions will be held on-line (environment to be announced later). The sessions will be mainly held by teaching assistant Jan Pisl.
    

    Date	Time	Topic	Notes
    Tue 27.10	10-12	No session
    Fri 30.10	10-12	Round 1
    Tue 3.11	10-12	Round 1	Round 1 DL on 4.11
    Fri 6.11	10-12	Round 2
    Tue 10.11	10-12	Round 2	Round 2 DL on 11.11
    Fri 13.11	10-12	Round 3
    Tue 17.11	10-12	Round 3	Round 3 DL on 18.11
    Fri 20.11	10-12	Round 4
    Tue 24.11	10-12	Round 4	Round 4 DL on 25.11
    Fri 27.11	10-12	Round 5
    Tue 1.12	10-12	Round 5	Round 5 DL on 2.12
    Fri 4.12	10-12	No session

    
    

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