Through this course, students should be familiar with the traditional methods of geospatial data collection as well as with modern trends in this field. This course is designed to enable students to form planning and organizing skills for the geospatial data collection, to acquaint with various methods for field geospatial data collection, for accessing and using already collected geospatial data (NSDI, statistics, etc.), as well as for transforming, manipulating and integrating the collected data in order to provide a satisfactory level of geospatial data quality for different purposes.

Upon completion of the course, students should be familiar with the basic principles of geospatial data collection, and be able to choose and use adequate technology and tools for geospatial data collection, to access and use the already collected geospatial data, and to keep track of the improvements and novelties in this area.

Theoretical lectures
Basic principles of geospatial data collection; Traditional ways of data collection – digitizing, scanning, geodetic measurements; Satellite images; Aerial photography; GNSS; LiDAR; NSDI; Geospatial data quality assessment; Metadata.
Practical lectures
Georeferencing scanned maps and plans; Vectorization; Geocoding; Input, processing and usage of satellite and aerial images; GPS/GIS integration; Geospatial data transformation and manipulation; Metadata creation and usage.

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