COURSE CODE: CE 288

COURSE NAME: GEOINFORMATICS

CREDIT HOURS: Theory = 1
Practical = 1
Total = 2
CONTACT HOURS: Theory = 16
Practical = 48
Total = 64
PREREQUISITE: Nil
MODE OF TEACHING:
Instruction: One hour of lecture per week 50%
Practical/ Laboratory Demonstration: Three hours of Lab work per week 50%
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to familiarise the students of Civil Engineering with the field of Geoinformatics
which has at its core the technologies supporting the processes of acquiring, analysing and visualizing
spatial data. This includes Field Surveying, Photogrammetry, Geographic Information System (GIS),
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Remote Sensing. However in this course the students
will be only studying introductory topics on remote sensing, GIS and GNSS.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To provide working knowledge of Geoinformatics as a modern tool as applicable to civil engineering
projects.

RELEVANT PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):

The course is designed so that students will achieve the PLOs:

1 Engineering Knowledge: 7 Environment and Sustainability:

2 Problem Analysis: 8 Ethics:
3 Design/Development of Solutions: 9 Individual and Team Work:
4 Investigation: 10 Communication:
5 Modern Tool Usage: 11 Project Management:
6 The Engineer and Society: 12 Lifelong Learning:

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

S. No CLO Domain Taxonomy PLO
Level
1Demonstrate the ability to comprehend ERDAS Imagine Cognitive 4 5
and Arc GIS software and their usage.
2 Apply the working principles of remote sensing, GIS Cognitive 4 5
and their respective data acquisition technique(s).
3 Illustrate the differences between spatial/non-spatial Cognitive 4 5
data, raster and vector data, spatial analysis and their
applications in GIS environment.
4 Produce GIS solutions for a variety of engineering Psychomotor 4 5
projects by using modern field survey instruments for
data acquisition and processing the acquired Geo-spatial
data using modern GIS and Remote sensing software.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS:
Geoinformatics play an important role in providing assistance to various sub fields of Civil Engineering
such as urban planning and land use management, environmental modelling and analysis, traffic
management analysis, flood monitoring, architecture and town planning, irrigation systems, water supply
systems, sewage disposal systems, construction project management, etc. Studying this course would
equip the students to understand the importance of the spatial dimension in assessing, monitoring and
modelling various issues and problems encountered in various Civil Engineering projects not only in
Pakistan but all over the world.
TOPICSCOVERED WITH THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO PLOs:
Week Topic
/ Lecture
1 Introduction to remote sensing
2 Remote sensing basic process, electromagnetic radiations (EMRs) and spectrum, interaction of
EMRs with atmosphere & Earth features
3 Satellite image resolutions
4 Remote sensing sensors and platforms
5-6 Visual image interpretation and classification
7 Introduction to GIS
8 Image map projections
9 Datum’s and map projections
10 GIS data types
11-12 GIS/Spatial analysis
13 GIS data sources and preparations
14 Applications of GIS
15 Fundamentals and operations of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)

16 Spatial data work flow and case studies

17-18 An End Semester Exam of 3 hour will be taken encompassing all the topics covered during the
semester.
Theory:

Practicals:

No.
Practical
1 Exploring the ERDAS Imagine
2 ERDAS Imagine basic functionalities
3 Stack, subset and mosaic of satellite imagery
4 Supervised classification of satellite image
5 Introduction to ArcCatalog and ArcMap
6 Map geo-referencing
7 Database querying
7 Creating features in ArcGIS
8 Editing features and attributes
9 Making maps from templates
10 Developing of GIS project

TEXT AND MATERIAL:

Textbook (s)
Kang-Tsung Chang‘Introduction to Geographic Information Systems’ McGrath Hill International Edition,
Fourth Edition.
Thomas, M. Lillesand & Ralph W. Kiefer (2005), ‘Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation’, 5th
edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
M Anji Reddy (2008) ‘Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems’, 3rd edition, BS
publications.
Leick, Alfred. ‘GPS satellite surveying’, 3rd ed. JohnWiley & Sons, 2004.

References Material:
Michael Kennedy (2002), The Global Positioning System and GIS: An Introduction 2nd Edition, Taylor
& Frances, New York.
Elliott D. Kaplan, Christopher J. Hegarty, ‘Understanding GPS:principles and applications’, 2nd Edition.
Clarke, K.(2004) Getting Started with Geographic Information System, Prentices Hall, New York,
Second Edition.
ASSESMENT SYSTEM:
1. CLOs Assesment
Cognitive Psychomotor Affective
Spreadsheet Rubrics -

2. Relative Grading

Theoretical/Instruction 50%
Assignments10%
Quizzes10%
OHT Exams30%
End Semester Exam50%
Practical Work 50%
Laboratory Work 70%
Laboratory Attendance20%
Laboratory Report20%
Laboratory Quiz30%
Viva/Quiz 30%
Total 100%

Prepared by (Instructor) Engr Nasrul Haq

Reviewed by (LQEC) Dr. Rao Arsalan
Approved by (Assoc Dean) Dr. Liaqat Ali