General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | GIS in urban planning |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | prof. UAM dr hab. Adam Radzimski |
| Lecturer's email | adrad@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | |
| Faculty | Faculty of Human Geography and Planning |
| Semester | 2023/2024 (summer) |
| Duration | 15 |
| ECTS | 3 |
| USOS code | 25-GUP-AMU-PIE |
Timetable
The course takes place on Tuesdays between 15.00 and 16.30 starting from 23rd April
Location: Collegium Geographicum, Krygowskiego 10 (here), Room L104
Module aim (aims)
The aim of the course is to help students gain practical competencies to use geographic information systems (GIS) in planning contexts. Students will learn how to take advantage of existing geographical data sources in solving problems they may encounter when working within local communities.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Basic understanding of geographic information systems is useful, but a short introduction will be provided for students with no prior GIS experience.
Syllabus
Week 1. Introduction to QGIS
Week 2. Working with data layers
Week 3. Accessing OpenStreetMap data
Week 4. Simple accessibility analysis
Week 5. Adding demographic information
Week 6. Calculating statistics
Week 7. Troubleshooting & summary
Reading list
https://docs.qgis.org/2.18/en/docs/user_manual/
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_features
https://spatialthoughts.com/2021/03/15/gis-in-urban-and-regional-planning/
Further resources will be provided during the course