DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND INFRASTRUCTURE

ENGINEERING

Practical Workbook

CE 406: GEO-INFORMATICS

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 Practical Workbook
UE 207: Geo-Informatics

Second Year

First Edition: 2022

Department of Urban & Infrastructure Engineering

NED University of Engineering & Technology,
Karachi – 75270, Pakistan.
 Course Learning Outcomes

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

CLO 1. To develop an understanding of the fundamentals principles of Geo-informatics.

CLO 2. To develop an understanding of the concept of Remote Sensing (RS).

CLO 3. To develop the understanding and ability to handle spatial data and Geo-processing.
 CONTENTS

Performance Characteristics

Remarks/Grade
Quality of Work
Lab

Ability to Work

Use of Work

Adaptability
Accuracy of

Supervision
Session

Without
Work

Time
No. Title CLO Page
No.
Instructor Signature
Domain KPI

1 Fundamental understanding of GIS I 1

2 Overview of GIS Software I & III 2

3 Downloading Open Source Satellite

Imagery

4 Geo-referencing II & III 3

5 Geocoding III 4

6 Digitization III 5

7 Geo-Database Development III 6

8 Contouring III 7

9 Application III 8

10 Product (Output) III 9

1. Poor 2. Fair 3. Good 4. Excellent

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Laboratory Session 01
1. Object: Fundamental understanding of GIS (CLO- 1)

Plot the following data on the graph paper and explain the coordinates system in GIS?

(67.115515, 24.932744) ( 67.116069,24.932445 ) (67.116150, 24.931954) (67.115918,

24.931541) (67.115320, 24.931371) ( 67.114815, 24.931640) ( 67.114648, 24.932079) ( 67.114947,

24.932591) tennis court ( 67.116386, 24.932587) volleyball court ( 67.116104, 24.932895) Gymnasium (

67.115549, 24.933115) canteen (67.114409, 24.932556).

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Laboratory Session 02
Object: Overview of GIS Software (CLO-1, 3)

1. Installation and Overview of GIS software.

2. Create a map document using GIS software and set the initial setting of coordinates system of

geo-workspace.
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Laboratory Session 03

Object: Downloading and understanding Open Source Satellite Imagery

(CLO-2)

1. Download open source satellite imagery from online resources and understanding the
concept of different spatial resolution data.
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Laboratory Session 04
Object: Geo-referencing (CLO-2, 3)

1. Prepared a geo-rectified image of NED university main campus.

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Laboratory Session 05
Object: Geocoding (CLO-3)

1. Handheld GPS based survey at different places of NED University main campus

(record Lat/Long and elevation at every point).

2. Incorporate MS-Excel data with GIS software and export into shape file.
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Laboratory Session 06
Object: Digitization (Vectorization) (CLO- 3)
1. Create shape files of point, line and polygon geometry type (at least 3 attributes of

each feature class must have values)

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Laboratory Session 07
Object: Geo-Database Development (CLO- 3)
1. Create feature classes of point, line and polygon geometry type within feature-dataset

and personal-geodatabase (at least 3 attributes of each feature class must have

codded values)
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Laboratory Session 08
Object: Contouring (CLO- 3)

1. Draw contours of interval 1ft. using GPS based surveyed data and compare it with
manual calculated RL at the same point.
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Laboratory Session 09
Object: Application (CLO- 3)

1. Developed classified GIS based digital map of NED University main campus.
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Laboratory Session 10
Object: Product (CLO- 3)

1. Prepared layout of digital map using GIS software and export map into image format.