Course Details

Geographic Information Systems

Academic Year 2026/27

NSA014 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIV Summer Semester 1st year

The Geographic information systems offers many tools for solving the problem of watershed and nature protection. Geographic information systems provide tools and operations capable of simulating the methods and approaches used to solving environmental issues. The concept of teaching is focused on spatial analysis, digital elevation models, application, GIS outputs and major GIS products, especially suitable in water management and by solving soil erosion and flood conservation in the river basin.

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Ing. Veronika Sobotková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Landscape Water Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

The basic knowledge of the areas Hydrology, Watershed protection, The basic PC skills.

Aims

The goal education in GIS system is to provide basic information for students about the principles of data of digital technologies.
Student gains basic knowledge about GIS which offers many tools for solving the problem of watershed and nature protection.

Basic Literature

Dumbrovský, M.: Geografické informační systémy. 2010. Opory VUT v Brně. (cs)
JEDLIČKA, J., ŠTYCH, P. Hydrologické modelování v programu ArcGIS. Praha: CITT Praha, GMES, 2007. 62 s (cs)
Janeček, M. a kol. Ochrana zemědělské půdy před erozí: Metodika. Praha: ČZU, 2012, ISBN 978-80-87415-42-9 (cs)

Recommended Reading

Návody a tutoriály Arc GIS PRO. www.arcdata.cz, www.esri.com 
Manuály ATLAS DMT. https://www.atlasltd.cz/ 
Návody QGIS. https://qgis.org/en/site/ 
DUMBROVSKY, M., DRBAL, K., SOBOTKOVÁ, V., UHROVÁ, J., (2019). An approach to identifying and evaluating the potential formation of ephemeral gullies in the conditions of the Czech Republic. Soil and Water Research. 15. 10.17221/231/2018-SWR. (en)

Prerequisites

The basic knowledge of the areas Hydrology, Watershed protection, The basic PC skills.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/303417

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to GIS – Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, overview of GIS applications, basic operations in GIS, Web Map Service (WMS) connections.

  2. Coordinate Reference Systems – Coordinate reference systems (CRS) and georeferencing.

  3. Working with Sample Data – Working with sample spatial datasets, data preparation, map layout composition and design.

  4. Vector Editing in GIS – Spatial data editing in GIS, creation of new shapefile vector layers, application of core GIS geoprocessing tools.

  5. Raster Editing in GIS – Editing and creation of raster layers, raster tool operations, creation of map layouts.

  6. Digital Terrain Modeling – Creation of Digital Terrain Models (DTM) in GIS, basic topographic and hydrological modeling.

  7. Spatial Data Preparation for Hydrology – GIS data preparation for runoff and soil erosion conditions.

  8. Spatial Data Preparation for Hydrology – GIS data preparation for runoff and soil erosion conditions.

  9. Soil Loss Data Preparation – Preparation of spatial data for soil loss calculation.

  10. ATLAS DMT Software – Input data preparation in ATLAS DMT software, WMS layer connection.

  11. Vector Analysis in ATLAS DMT – Practical application of ATLAS DMT software, terrain model generation, working with vector layers, soil erosion analysis.

  12. Raster Analysis in ATLAS DMT – Working with raster layers in ATLAS DMT software, soil erosion assessment.

  13. Course Credit – Awarding of course credit (final assessment).