Batch: 2013 - 2017

Branch: Civil Engineering

Semester -VIII
Course Code- 070121807

Course Name Geographic Information Systems

Session Plan
Objectives:

1. Conceptual understanding of GIS and Spatial and Non-spatial data base

2. To develop ability to perform basic operations on spatial and non-spatial
data using Open Source software
1. To develop ability to interpret field data, statistical data, different types of
digital and analog maps, aerial photographs and satellite images for
particular application purpose
2. To develop ability to handle vector and raster data
3. To prepare digital maps
4. To understand DBMS for GIS
5. To perform spatial and non-spatial analysis and data modeling in GIS
6. To understand solar electromagnetic spectrum for satellite image
interpretation
7. To apply geoinformatics for various civil engineering applications

Internal Evaluation: 30 Marks

Internal Evaluation Criteria

PBL

5 Marks

GIS Data preparation: Point

data of Hospitals, Hotels,
Municipal offices, Schools
and Colleges
Network data of roads,
Railways
of Pune City

UNIT Test-I
Unit Test II
Mini Project

10 Marks
10 Marks
5 Marks

Site Suitability

Planned Pedagogy for Teaching-Learning Process

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Interactive Classroom Teaching:

(Power Point + Board-Marker+ Discussion)
Video Lecture: You Tube + NPTEL
Software demonstration of GIS Process: Using QGIS and ILWIS 3.3
Quiz for judgment of students understating
Student assignment and student presentations
Guest Lectures from Industry Experts / Experts from reputed organizations

Unit wise weightage

Unit
No

1
2
3
4
5

Unit Name

Weightage in Exams

Teachin
g Hours

Actual
Teaching
Hrs

10

8
10

10
12

10

10

Basic concepts of
GIS
GIS data
Data Management
Remote sensing and
GIS integration
Application of GlS

Unit
Test-I

Unit
Test-II

ESE

4
7
4

14
06

10
20

* Each peer learning exercise will end with a group discussion and concluding remarks by RPK
* Hands-on session for students will be conducted on every software demonstration lecture
* Interactive classroom discussion includes Power Point Presentation, Board Marker and discussion
with students

No
1

Tenta
tive
date
Jan 1st
Week

Jan 1st
Week

Jan 1st
Week

Jan
2nd
Week

Jan
2nd
Week
Jan
2nd
Week

Topic Name

Details

Pedagogy

Basic
concepts
of GIS:

Introduction, Spatial
and Non-spatial data

Interactive
classroom
Teaching
Interactive
classroom
Teaching
Case studies
Presentation

Geographical
concepts and
terminology
Advantages of
GIS
Basic
components of
GIS,
Organization of
data in GIS
commercially
available GIS
hard ware
commercially
available GIS
software

Interactive
Classroom
Teaching

To be
Engaged
by
RPK

Hrs

RPK

Students (2 1
Presentation
s)
RPK
1

Video
Lectures

RPK

Software
Demonstration

RPK

6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Jan 3rd
Week
Jan 3rd GIS data
Week
Jan 3rd
Week
Jan 4th
Week
Jan 4th
Week
Jan 4th
Week
Feb 1st
Week

13

Feb 1st
Week

14

Feb 1st
Week

15

Feb
2nd
Week
Feb
2nd
Week

16

Revision
Field data,
statistical data
Maps, aerial
photographs
satellite data
points, lines and
areas, features
vector and raster
data
data entry
through
keyboard
digitizers' and
scanners, digital
data
Preprocessing of
data-rectification
and registration
Interpolation
techniques
Advantages and
disadvantages

Discussion
and Quiz
PBL

RPK

RPK

PBL

RPK

PBL

RPK

PBL

RPK

PBL

RPK

PBL

RPK

PBL

RPK

Software
Demonstration
& Discussion
Software
Demonstration
& Discussion
Classroom
Discussion

RPK

RPK

RPK

Internal Evaluation of 1st Component: Project Based Learning

17

Feb
2nd
Week

Data
Manage
ment

Introduction

Case studies

RPK

Interactive
classroom
Teaching
Demonstration
on software

RPK

RPK

Interactive
classroom
Teaching

RPK

RPK

Feb 3rd Week : Reverb

18
19
20

Feb
4th
Week
Feb
4th
Week
Feb
4th
Week

Various data
models
Run-length
encoding
Quad trees

Feb 5th Week : UNIT TEST I

21

March
1sth
Week

Data analysisdata layers

Software
Demonstration

22

March
2nd
Week

23

March
2nd
Week

24

March
2ndWe
ek

analysis of
spatial and nonspatial data
overlay and
modeling
analysis of
spatial and nonspatial data
overlay and
modeling
data processing:
raster based

Software
Demonstration

RPK

Software
Demonstration

RPK

Software
Demonstration

RPK

Internal Evaluation of 2nd Component:Unit Test -I

25
26

27
28
29

30

31

March
3rdWe
ek
March
3rd
Week
March
3rd
Week
March
4th
Week
March Remote
4th
sensing
Week and GIS
integrati
on
March
4th
Week
March
5th
Week

data processing:
vector based

Software
Demonstration

RPK

data
presentation
-hardcopy , soft
copy .
Revision

Assignment to
student

RPK

Interactive
Classroom
discussion
Quiz

RPK

RPK

Interactive
Classroom
discussion

RPK

Interactive
Classroom
discussion

RPK

Demonstration
using
software

RPK

Student
Understanding :
Judgment
Principles of
electromagnetic
remote sensing
imaging
characteristics of
remote sensing
systems
extraction of
metric and
descriptive
information from
remotely sensed
images

March 5th Week/ April 1st Week : UNIT TEST II

32

April
2nd

extraction of
metric and

Practice
Assignment

Students

Week

33
34

April
2nd
Week
April
2nd
Week

descriptive
information from
remotely sensed
images
Integration of
remote sensing
and GIS.
Analyzing the
Remote sensing
data and create
data base in GIS

for Students

Presentation
and
Demonstration
Student self
learning
assignment
and
presentation

RPK
Students

Internal Evaluation of 3rd Component:Unit Test -II

36

April
3rd
Week

36

April
3rd
Week

37

April
3rd
Week
April
4th
Week
April
4th
Week

38
39

40

April
4th
Week

41

April
5th
Week

42

April
5th
Week

43

April

Application of
Remote sensing
for Civil
Engineering field
Application of
Remote sensing
for Civil
Engineering field
Revision and
conclusion of the
Unit
Applicatio Map Making /
n of GlS
development
Case Study on
application for:
Land Use &
Agriculture
Case Study on
application for:
forestry&
archeology
Case Study on
application for:
geology& water
resources
Case Study on
application for:
soil erosion,
change
detection.
Mini Project on:

Guest Lecture

Industrial
Guest

Guest Lecture

Industrial
Guest

Classroom
discussion

RPK

ICT +
Demonstration

RPK

Student
Presentation

Student

Student
Presentation

Student

Student
Presentation

Student

Student
Presentation

Student

Student

Student

5th
Week
44
45

Land Suitability
Analysis
Mini Project on:
Land Suitability
Analysis
Mini Project on:
Land Suitability
Analysis

Presentation
Student
Presentation

Student

Student
Presentation

Student

Internal Evaluation of 4th Component:Mini Project

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