21CV482 GIS with Quantum GIS syllabus for CV

QGIS Introduction:

Definition of GIS and its use. Introduction to a free and open source desktop geographic information system software. Types of data (vector and raster formats), web services, useful commands and utilities for geo-processing, extending its capabilities to digital satellite image processing and analysis.

INTRODUCTION IN QGIS

About QGIS Characteristics of QGIS Start using QGIS. QGIS TOOLS QGIS Configuration, General tools, Working with projections QGIS Browser.

WORKING WITH RASTER DATA

Introduction, Display raster data, Raster calculator, Working with images, Practical exercises: Working with raster data and operations with

QGIS PLUGINS

Additional modules of QGIS or “plugins” Description of Plugins incorporated in QGIS Operations through “plugins” Practical exercises: Different QGIS “plugins” and their applications: GDAL library tool, georeferencing, coordinate capture, format converter.

CREATE MAPS AND RELATED PRODUCTS:

Creation tools, Graphic elements, Atlases generation, and Graphic output creations. Practical exercises: Map creation with QGIS.

RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND SPATIAL DATA.

Database design, Database connections, Table joins Spatial joins, generate new statistics and new data using table and spatial data information. Practical exercises: Creation of thematic maps like population data of taluk, Watershed map with drainage and water bodies, Highway with other road intersection details

Course outcome (Course Skill Set)

At the end of the course the student will be able to :

1. Use open source software for civil engineering applications

2. Various tools in QGIS software

3. Create thematic layers with attribute data

4. Generate maps for decision making

Assessment Details (both CIE and SEE)

• The weightage of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is 50% and for Semester End Exam (SEE) is 50%.
• The minimum passing mark for the CIE is 40% of the maximum marks (20 marks).
• A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/ course if the student secures not less than 35% ( 18 Marks out of 50)in the semester-end examination(SEE), and a minimum of 40% (40 marks out of 100) in the sum total of the CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together

Continuous Internal Evaluation:

Three Unit Tests each of 20 Marks (duration 01 hour)

1. First test at the end of 5th week of the semester

2. Second test at the end of the 10th week of the semester

3. Third test at the end of the 15th week of the semester

Two assignments each of 10 Marks

4. First assignment at the end of 4th week of the semester

5. Second assignment at the end of 9th week of the semester

Group discussion/Seminar/quiz any one of three suitably planned to attain the COs and POs for 20 Marks (duration 01 hours)

6. At the end of the 13th week of the semester

The sum of three tests, two assignments, and quiz/seminar/group discussion will be out of 100 marks and will be scaled down to 50 marks

(to have less stressed CIE, the portion of the syllabus should not be common /repeated for any of the methods of the CIE. Each method of CIE should have a different syllabus portion of the course).

CIE methods /question paper is designed to attain the different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy as per the outcome defined for the course.

Semester End Examination:

• SEE paper shall be set for 50 questions, each of 01 mark.
• The pattern of the question paper is MCQ (multiple choice questions).
• The time allotted for SEE is 01 hour.
• The student has to secure minimum of 35% of the maximum marks meant for SEE.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Geographic Information System-An Introduction, Tor Bernharadsen, 2009, 3rd Edition, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, ISBN - 9788126511389.

2. Principles of Remote sensing and Image Interpretation, Lillesand and Kiefer, 2011, 6th Edition, John Wiley Publishers, New Delhi, ISBN – 8126532238.