Course code Ģeog5003
Credit points 4.50
Total Hours in Course120
Number of hours for lectures24
Number of hours for laboratory classes24
Date of course confirmation15.01.2013
Responsible UnitInstitute of Land Management and Geodesy
Mg. sc. ing.
The course of the subject “Geographic Information systems” is designed for students, having acquainted to use this knowledge’s and skills as base to assure measures Geographic information systems support in different situations to perspective jobs or professional activities in surveying, building construction works, real property, land management and other agricultural or forestry sectors. The program relates to comprehensive preparation of cadastral, agricultural, forestry and other specialists to rural area. Knowledge, acquired in learning process, can be used in land management.
• Knowledge and understanding about substance, contents, potentialities, necessity and exploitation of Geographic information systems.
• Skills – in future Professional business responsibility to know process identification of Geographic information systems potentialities to bring into effect, to be understand definite work tasks to specialists of Geographic information systems creators and providers. Initial level practical skills for use systems.
• Competence - acquirements in general valuation to usable Geographic information systems support in current users professional works and practice users skills.
1. Stūrmanis E. Ģeoinformācijas sistēmas: māc. līdzeklis. Jelgava: LLU, 2006. 90 lpp.
2. Latvijas Republikas likums “Ģeotelpiskās informācijas likums” ( Law of geospatial information) [tiešsaiste]. Pieņemts 17.12.2009. Stājas spēkā 13.01.2010. Ar grozījumiem. [skatīts 11.02.2013.]. Pieejams: http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=202999
1. Ģeodēzija/ B. Helfriča, I. Bīmane, M. Kronbergs, U. Zuments. Rīga: Latvijas ģeotelpiskās informācijas aģentūra, 2007. 263 lpp.
2. Mūsdienu Latvijas topogrāfiskās kartes. Rīga: VZD, 2001. 204 lpp.
3. Vanags V. Mūsdienu Latvija topogrāfiskās kartes. Fotogrammetrija. Rīga: VZD, 2003. 275 lpp.
1. Envirotech, Ģeogrāfiskās informācijas sistēmas. [tiešsaiste]. [skatīts 11.02.2013.]. Pieejams: http://www.gis.lv
2. International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. [tiešsaiste]. [skatīts 11.02.2013.]. Pieejams: http://www.isprs.org
3. European Spatial Data Research Network (EuroSDR). [tiešsaiste]. [skatīts 11.02.2013.]. Pieejams: http://www.eurosdr.net