JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

Surveying

Course Objectives

To Develop GIS interface to field problems through geofencing.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student is exposed to spatial technologies,

mapping the field problems and solution convergence through GIS.

UNIT - I

Development of georeferencing of maps either from cadastral or AutoCAD based map.

UNIT - II

Identification of best locations of ground control points and mosaicing the different sources of maps of information like topo sheets & satellite data and other drawings.

UNIT - III

Digitization and GIS coordination.

UNIT - IV

GIS interface and features using open Source Software QGIS.

UNIT - V

Case example on mapping like water distinguish, Road alignment road network etc.,

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Lo, C.P. & Yeung A.K.W., Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2002.
• 2. Burrough, P.A., Principles of Geographical Information Systems, Oxford Publication, 1998.
• 3. Clarke, K., Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2001.
• 4. DeMers, M.N., Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000.
• 5. Geo Information Systems – Applications of GIS and Related Spatial Information Technologies, ASTER Publication Co., Chestern (England), 1992. Page 12 of 33