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PLAN40350

Academic Year 2024/2025

Advanced GIS (PLAN40350)

Subject:
Planning
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Architecture, Plan & Env Pol
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Professor Francesco Pilla
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The aims of the module are:
• To foster problem solving and critical thinking skills among the students, by requiring students to apply the theory learn as part of the MSc programme to real life projects and engage in discussions with the other experts.
• To achieve a pro-active engagement in built environment problems and spatial analysis, through live project work in and around Dublin.
• To enable students to identify, formulate, analyse and solve engineering problems by applying the theory and employing GIS software packages and its advanced extensions learnt as part of the module
• To solve real world engineering problems as well as to analyse relevant data by exploring spatial patterns.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of the module, the student will be capable of:
• Solving Spatial Analysis problems by applying interdisciplinary approaches.
• Discussing and debating solutions to problems in the environment.
• Communicating effectively in technical and scientific writing, and presenting scientific/technical ideas concisely to a technical audience that may not be expert in the specific domain of the presentation.
• Implement technical knowledge to address a spatial analysis problem.
• Be able to identify and use appropriate mathematical methods, numerical techniques and GIS tools for application to new and ill-defined spatial analysis problems.
• Have the ability to consult and work with experts in various fields in the realisation of a product or system.
• Have knowledge and understanding of concepts from a range of areas outside engineering.
• Be able to describe succinctly, the relevant advantages and disadvantages of various technologies to a lay audience, and to communicate effectively in public.

Indicative Module Content:

- advanced GIS tools
- spatial analysis of satellite data
- producing customised tools in GIS
- working with geospatial big data

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

10
Small Group

14
Computer Aided Lab

14
Total

38

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
• Problem Based Learning
• online lectures
• Tutorials
• Interim presentations and discussions

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Practical Skills Assessment: individual practical skills assessment Week 10 Graded No
40
 No
Individual Project: individual GIS based project Week 15 Graded No
60
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Mehdi Gholamnia Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Anna Molter Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Payam Sajadi Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Srikanta Sannigrahi Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Studio Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 10:00 - 11:50
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