Duration
24h Th, 33h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits | |||
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is divided into two main parts : an initiation to GIS softawre (and associated cocepts) and an introduction to remote sensing.
The course focuses on the application of these two techniques in the field of the management of natural resources.
An important part of the course is dedicated to practical exercises that allow students to become familiar with QGIS software and with the typical dataset used in such applications. An introduction to geoprocessing in the R environment is also provided.
- Introduction
- Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
- Data entry, editing and output
- Data entry - GPS
- Data entry - digital data
- Image data - Remote Sensing
- Tables
- Basic Spatial Analysis
- Raster analysis
- Terrain analysis - Digital Elevation Model
- Interpolation
- Spatial Modeling
- Image analysis
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
After completing the course, student is expected to be able to :
- understand the basic concepts of geographic information systems (data models, georeferencing, vector and raster geoprocessing, ...);
- handle main tools of a desktopgis (QGIS) : data visualization, selection, symbolization, geoprocessing, projections, layouts;
- carry out simple spatial analysis with R package;
- prepare and use remote sensing data (georeferencing, interpretation, classification);
- find and implement GIS resources (data and tools) from the web;
- correctly organize and manage a medimum size GIS (data organization, backup, metadata, ...).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Knowledge of the operating system of a personal computer (directory and file management), of Excel software and RStudio..
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The theoretical material is seen by the students in a distant mode (video capsules).
Practical exercises are also made available to students in the form of written notes and videos.
The face-to-face classes (18 sessions of 3 hours each) are organized in the computer rooms (Pascal 1 and Pascal 2). Participation in these sessions is not compulsory, but highly recommended.
They are mainly intended to answer the questions asked by the students for the theoretical part and to help with the practical exercises.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
See previous section
Recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Written work / report
Additional information:
Each student will have to produce a report on a project relating to the territorial analysis of a Walloon municipality as well as of a specific area in another region of the world. The content and the modalities of submission of this report will be detailed in a written document.
In addition to the report, students will be evaluated with a written exam (multiple choice questions + open questions) that will aim to test the theoretical and practical knowledge of the students.
Evaluation in the second session is based solely on an open-book examination (theoretical questions + practical exercises).
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course material and the data sets are available on the eCampus page of the course
Contacts
Philippe LEJEUNE
e-mail : p.lejeune@ulg.ac.be
Jean-François Bastin
e-mail : jfbastin@uliege.be
Justine Broers
e-mail : justine.broers@uliege.be