Syllabus academic year 2011/2012
(Created 2011-09-01.)
WEB GISEXTN10
Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: A (Second Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course might be given in English. EXTN10 overlaps following cours/es: GISN09 and TEK240. Optional for: L5fr, L4gi. Course coordinator: Lars Harrie, lars.harrie@nateko.lu.se, Department of Physical Geography. Prerequisites: L: EXTF80/EXTA45 Geographic Information Technology and EDAA20/EDA501 Programming (and Databases); LTH: EDAA01 Programming - Second Course; Science: NGEA12 Geographic Information Systems. The course might be cancelled if the number of applicants is less than 16. The number of participants is limited to 30 Selection criteria: Total number of credits on master level within specialisation of LTH program. Assessment: Assessment takes the form of a written examination, and evaluation of project work. Approved on all exercises and participation on all compulsory activities. Further information: The course is a master level courseĀ (NGEN07) at the Faculty of Science. Home page: http://www.natgeo.lu.se/courses/ngen07/.

Aim
Students who have completed the basic courses are already acquainted with desktop GIS. The aim of this course is to study the use of GIS in a client-server environment, where communication takes place through the Internet. Part of the course deals with computer screen cartography.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Contents
The lectures deal with the most important techniques in web GIS. The major part of the exercises concerns the creation of web GIS services using standard software as well as markup language coding and script programming. Part of the course deal with rules for cartographic visualization on computer screens. The course ends with project work; in this project the students create their own web GIS service.

Literature
Kraak,M.-J. och Brown, A.: Web Cartography
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