Department:

Urban and Landscape Design

Course Leaders:

asist.dr.urb. Radu Pătrașcu

prof.dr.arh Tiberiu Florescu

Teaching Staff:

asist.dr.urb. Radu Pătrașcu asist.dr.urb. Alexandra Colțoș

Learning outcomes:

• Ability to use geospatial tools to create, analyze and disseminate territorial information
• Create basic urban and territorial analysis using Geographical Information Systems
• Increasing the labor market integration of students

Content:

• Theoretical framework – types of data, results of GIS, functions and roles of GIS in urban and landscape planning.
• Database – downloading and working on open source platforms + importing data from other sources (.dxf)
• Changing / saving layer properties (graphics, colors, symbols, line types, etc.). Customizing markers depending on the attributes of entities, attribute ruled based selection
• Importing personalized markers (done in different vector programs) + publishing labels
• Working with tables of attributes - adding / deleting layer’s columns of attributes, differentiated selection of items on a layer based on an attribute
• Export QGIS map – print layout, labels, scale, legend
• Georeferencing raster images
• Capturing data (vector tools) + adding attributes to an existing layer form Excel file
• Utilizarera various plugins

Teaching Method:

Power point presentations and on studio exercises

Assessment:

Mid-semester test evaluation (40%) + Final exam (60%).

Requirements for passing the course: minimum 5,00 average final grade, minimum 5,00 at the final exam.

Bibliography:

http://www.qgistutorials.com/en/
https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/trainingmaterial/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0UBXDF-ZJCiWgp_05L9bTztplOlWrVvbt2byP-X-iWSZgumcUPuXef-IM

http://www.digital-geography.com/

Data base:
http://data.gov.ro/dataset?q=Limite&sort=score+desc%2C+metadata_modified+desc
http://www.geo-spatial.org/download
https://mapzen.com/data/metro-extracts/metro/bucharest_romania/
http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/