AG2415 Web GIS

2011-03-20: The 2011 version of the course website starts.
 

Course Responsible:

Gyozo Gidofalvi

gyozo.gidofalvi(a)abe.kth.se

Course Examiner:

Gyozo Gidofalvi

gyozo.gidofalvi(a)abe.kth.se

Lecturers:	Gyozo Gidofalvi (GG)		KTH
	Magnus Agnarsson (MA)		Sweco Position AB
	Peter Axelsson (PA)		Digpro AB

Teaching Assistants:	Mandana Mokhtary (MM)		mokhtary(a)kth.se
	Ahmed Sidahmed (AS)		ahmed.sidahmed(a)abe.kth.se

Textbook:

M.-J. Kraak and A. Brown, 2000, Web Cartography: Developments and Prospects, Taylor & Francis, London & New York. Available from KTH bookstore (THS Bokhandeln), price: 420 SEK. A copy of the textbook is placed at KTH Library circulation desk and you may borrow it for 4 hours at a time.

Prerequisites:	AG2411, GIS architecture, 7.5c. AG2412, Visualisation techniques, 7.5c.
	Students who did not pass exams in these (or equivalent) courses may not register for this course.

Course Description

The course introduces basic web-based techniques, design and publication of maps and geographic analysis through the internet. At the end of the course, students should know how to design web maps and implement geographic analysis via the internet.

The course is composed of lectures, laboratory exercises and a final project. In the project the students will setup her/his own mapping service and present it to the class at the end of the course.

To pass this course, the students are required to: attend a required number of lectures at KTH (0.5c), pass all the exercises (3c), and sucessfully develop and present the final project (4c). The project will serve as the basis for the final grade.

Lectures

___________________________________________________________________________ Lecture schedule   (Schedule (Student Web) and topics subject to change)
Time	Place	Lecture		Lecturer
Mon Mar 21 10:00-12:00	L41	L0: Course Introduction L1: Introduction to Web Map Design		GG
Tue Mar 29 13:00-15:00	L43	L2: Web Map Design 2		GG
Tue Apr 5 13:00-15:00	L44	L3: Open Source Solutions		GG
Tue Apr 12 13:00-15:00	L44	L4: Web and GIServices		GG
Wed Apr 27 10:00-12:00	L42	L5: ESRI ArcGIS Server		GG
Mon May 2 13:00-15:00	L44	L6: Quality and Security Issues		GG
Tue May 10 10:00-12:00	L41	L7: Digpro Mapping Services		PA
Wed May 18 13:00-15:00	L44	L8: Web GIS Projects at Sweco Position AB		MA
Thu May 26 09:00-13:00	GISLab	Final Project Presentations		GG

Laboratory Exercises

During the laboratory exercises, students will learn how to use html, ArcGIS server mapping services and selected open source solutions. Students will work in GISLab on several designated computers. All work will be done independently and in own time. Help will be provided during weekly lab meetings (see the schedule for more info on these). During these meetings, a teaching assistant will be available in the GISlab to answer your questions.

Students should work two in a group and submit one group report for each lab/project.

___________________________________________________________________________ Laboratory schedule   (Schedule (Student Web) and topics subject to change)
Time	Place	Exercise	Assistant	Due
Wed Mar 23 13:00-17:00	GISLab	E0: HTML Map	MM	Optional
Wed Mar 30 13:00-17:00	GISLab	E1: Google Maps	MM	Apr 6
Wed Apr 6 13:00-17:00	GISLab	E2-3: Open Source	MM	Apr 27
Wed Apr 13 13:00-17:00	GISLab	E2-3: Open Source	MM	Apr 27
Wed Apr 27 13:00-17:00	GISLab	E4-5: ArcGIS Server	MM	May 10
Tue May 3 13:00-17:00	GISLab	E4-5: ArcGIS Server	MM	May 10
Tue May 10 13:00-17:00	GISLab	Final Project	MM	May 25
Tue May 17 13:00-17:00	GISLab	Final Project	MM	May 25

Student Presentations

One of the requirements for this course is to develop and present an internet mapping service to the class. More details will be given soon.

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