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  • Tervetuloa kurssille, Welcome to the course

    Huomio kurssin materiaaleista ja kielestä: Kurssi on aiempina vuosina järjestetty täysin englannin kielellä. Kurssin MyCourses-sivut ja luentomateriaali ovat pääosin englanniksi - mukaanlukien videoluennot. harjoitustehtävät on suomeksi ja englanniksi, ja virallinen opetuskieli on suomi. Kaikkiin tehtäviin voi vastata suomeksi, ruotsiksi tai englanniksi.

    Note on the course language: The official teaching language on the course is in Finnish. All course material will be available in English, and all submissions can be done in English, and English-language questions or comments are welcome.

    Before the first session: do the pre-assignment (available at the Exercise materials -page) and view the video lecture for the first session (Available at the Learning session materials -page).

    • The goal of the course is to teach you about the importance of spatial data and allow you familiarize yourselves with existing spatial data sets and data providers. How spatial data is managed and what kinds of technologies are used for it is also an important part of the course.


      To pass the course, you need to do a group work project, the exam, and gain sufficient amount of points from weekly exercises.

      Date

      Time

      Lecture topic

      Exercise deadline

      Wed 769

      10-12

      Introduction

       

      Thu 7.9

      14-16

      Spatial data modeling and management

       

      Wed 13.9

      10-12

      Spatial data model technologies

      Round 1

      Thu 14.9

      14-16

      The INSPIRE directive and data

       

      Wed 20.9

      10-12

      Spatial metadata and data quality

      Round 2

      Thu 21.9

      14-16

      Data sets in Finland

       

      Wed 27.9

      10-12

      Group work mid-period check

      Round 3

      Thu 28.9

      14-16

      		 Technical standards for spatial data

       

      Wed 4.10

      10-12

      Infrastructures, cloud services, and knowledge management

      Round 4

      Thu 5.10

      14-16

       No lecture (lecturer has a scheduling conflict)

       

      Wed 11.10

      10-12

      Spatial data business (by Tiia Palvimo from Ramboll)


      Thu 12.10

      14-16

      Information security in GIS

      Round 5 DL on Mon 16.10



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