Ignou gis course

Does IGNOU offered Geographical Information System (GIS) program , if yes then can you tell me about the same ??

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IGNOU School of Sciences (SOS) offered Post Graduate Certificate in Geoinformatics (PGCGI) and Geographical Information System (GIS) is paper which part of this program :

Post Graduate Certificate in Geoinformatics (PGCGI)

Minimum Duration: 6 Months
Maximum Duration: 2 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 5,000
Minimum Age: No bar
Maximum Age: No bar

Eligibility:

Graduate in any discipline from a recognised university.

Geographical Information System (GIS) course /paper comprises 4 blocks. First block introduces the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology and the remaining three blocks deal with the fundamental concepts of GIS. Block 1 discusses the concepts and components of GNSS, principles of their operation and sources of errors in the derived data along with an overview of its applications in various fields.

Block- 2 introduces GIS and its components along with its historical developments, basics of data models, along with concept of topology and status of database management system in GIS.

Block-3 deals with the methods of data input and database creation giving an account of digitisation process, data standards, methods of linking non-spatial data with spatial data and also about data conversion.

The heart of the GIS i.e. spatial analysis is discussed in the Block-4 which gives an account of different types of GIS outputs, Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) and models of GIS design.

Details of the blocks dealt in the theory course are as follows:

Block-1: Global Navigation Satellite System
Unit-1: Introduction to GNSS
Unit-2: GNSS and its Components
Unit-3: GPS Survey and Applications

Block-2: Fundamentals of Geographic Information System
Unit-4: Concept of GIS
Unit-5: GIS Data Models and Spatial Data Structure
Unit-6: Non-spatial Data Structure

Block-3: GIS Database Creation
Unit-6: Data Input
Unit-7: Data standards and Topological Concepts
Unit-8: Attribute Data Linkages and Data Conversion
Unit-9: Data Quality Issues

Block-4: GIS Analysis, Output and Project Design
Unit-10: Spatial Analysis
Unit-11: GIS Outputs
Unit-12: GIS Project Design and Implementation

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