Department:

Urban and Landscape Design

Course Leaders:

prof.dr.arh Tiberiu Florescu

asist.dr.urb. Radu Pătrașcu

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:

Practical works evaluation: 1st Practical work (40%) +2nd Practical work (60%).

Requirements for passing the course: minimum 5,00 for each practical work and average minimum 5,00 final weighted grade (40% + 60%).

Bibliography:

User manuals:
https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/training_manual/index.html
https://www.qgistutorials.com/en/index.html

Data base used during the practical works:
http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/
https://www.mapzen.com/