R 15 - COURSE STRUCTURE (CBCS) FOR PG PROGRAMMES M.TECH (GIST) 2015 I YEAR, I SEMESTER Code COURSE TITLE INT. MARKS EXT. MARKS L P C GIST – 1.1 Core Course I Surveying 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 1.2 Core Course II Basics of Remote Sensing 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 1.3 Core Course II Fundamentals of GIS & Database 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 1.4 Core Elective I Electives* 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 1.5 Core Elective II Electives* 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 1.6 Open Elective I Photogrammetry 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 1.7 Laboratory I SIT LAB – I (GIS) 25 75 - 4 2 GIST – 1.8 Seminar I Seminar 50 - - 4 2 Total 24 8 28 Electives*: 1. Statistics and Computation 2. Cadastral Surveying and LIS 3. Digital Image Processing I YEAR, II SEMESTER Code COURSE TITLE INT. EXT. MARKS L P C GIST – 2.1 Core Course IV Digital Photogrammetry 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 2.2 Core Course V GNSS Surveying 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 2.3 Core Course VI Remote Sensing Applications 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 2.4 Core Elective III Electives* 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 2.5 Core Elective IV Electives* 25 75 4 - 4 GIST – 2.6 Open Elective II GIS Analysis and Applications 25 75 4 - 4 GIST –2.7 Laboratory II SIT LAB – I (GIS) 25 75 - 4 2 GIST – 2.8 Seminar II Seminar 50 - - 4 2 Total 24 8 28
Electives*: Advanced Digital Image processing Internet GIS Disaster Management Note: 1 session of theory = 1hr 40 minutes = 2 periods 1 session of practical = 3 hrs 20 minutes = 4 periods II Year, I SEMESTER Sl. No Subject INT. MARKS EXT. MARKS L P C 1 Comprehensive viva voce - 100 - - 4 2 Project Work Review I 50 - - 24 12 Total 24 16 II Year, II SEMESTER Sl. No Subject INT. MARKS EXT. L P C 1 Project Work Review II 50 - - 8 4 2 Project Evaluation (Viva-Voce) - 150 - 16 12 Total 24 16 GST – 1.1 –SURVEYING Unit - I: Fundamentals of Surveying: Principles of surveying, types of surveying, classification of surveys & maps, Systems of Plan Vs Map, Accuracy Vs Precision, sources and kinds of error; error propagation, Least Squares adjustments and applications. Unit - II: Surveying & Levelling: Chains: types, errors in chaining, chain triangulation, basic problems in chain surveying; Compass: types, designation of bearings, azimuth, bearing, relationship between bearings & azimuths. Plane table: instruments used for plane table survey, methods of plane tabling;
DCOM and .NET, DCOM Architecture and Interface, Advantages & disadvantages of DCOM, CORBA Architecture and Interface, advantages & disadvantages CORBA. Unit IV: Web Services in GIS Domain: ADO.NET programming objects and architecture, connected model (command objects), disconnected model (data sets). Interoperability in GIS, OGC and its specifications, OGC specifications for GIS web services (WMS, WFS, WCS, WPS, SLD etc) Google Earth, KML Virtual Earth & Bhuvan. Unit V: Web Mapping: Static map publishing, clickable maps, architecture of static web publishing, web mapping architecture Client -HTML viewer, HTTP server with CGI, Map server & other server, side applications, Web-Mapping options & objects, Web mapping applications. TEXT BOOK Internet GIS – “Distributed Geographic Information Services for Internet and Wireless Networks” – by Zhong-ren peng and Ming- Hsiang Tsou GST– [ELECTIVE 3] - DISASTER MANAGEMENT Unit I : Geologic Hazards: Earthquake, landslide: Meaning and types of disasters – earthquakes and Tsunamis – volcanoes – landslides – selection of variables – creation of GIS layers – space-time analysis – commissions and boards-case studies. Unit II: Floods and Cyclones: cyclone related parameters and effects on land and sea – Life cycle, Classification, movement & Cyclone intensity, Flooding: topography, land use and flooding – space-time integration – GIS based parameters and layers – flood prone area analysis and management – risk assessment – commissions and boards, Soil erosion – coral / mangrove depletion – forest fire-mining – overlay analysis – GIS modeling – case studies. Unit III : Drought and Desertification: Types of droughts – factors influencing droughts – variable identification – vegetation index – land use /ground water level changes – delimiting drought prone areas – processes of desertification – over utilization of water and land resources layer creation – GIS based management strategies – case studies. Unit IV: Anthropogenic Disasters & Marine Disasters: Atmospheric Disasters: Ozone layer depletion – green house / global warming – acid rain – snow melt – sea level rise – related problems layer creation – coastal erosion and deposition –