Spatial methods

obligatory courses

Classroom

The main objective of the course is to learn the theoretical and practical assumptions of using geoinformatic tools in acquiring, analysing and visualizing digital spatial data on a city scale.

Full course description 1. Introductory classes, discussion of the subject: ADVENTURES OF “URBIN”. The city as a complicated organism functioning in various dimensions. Generalisation of the content and form of the presentation.

2. FIRST YEARS - URBIN LEARNS ABOUT THE WORLD AS A CHILD. Human scale, limits of personal contact. The street as an urban interior. Plan vs. map. Creating 3D models, obtaining data using unmanned aerial vehicles, Google Maps, Geoportals, EGIB, GESUT.

3. URBIN SEES THE WORLD AS A STUDENT. The scale of neighbourly teams and then of a neighbourly unit. The scale of the district in a medium-sized city. The scale of the region and characteristics of the regions. Border lines. Spatial orientation. Digital sources of spatial information.

4. URBIN UNDERSTANDS THE WORLD AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. A medium-sized city with lines and walls that guide the eyes, basic elements of the city's structure, elements of the landscape, border lines. Aerial laser scanning, oblique photos.

5. URBIN PARTICIPATES IN THE WORLD AS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT. The issue of division into the centre and suburbs. Development barriers. Suburban problems. Research on the state of vegetation on a city scale (hyperspectral and lidar data), solar cadastre, high resolution satellite data. Multi-criteria analysis of location selection using spatial data and GIS tools.

6. URBIN ACTS IN THE WORLD AS AN ACTIVIST, EMPLOYEE. Development barriers, the city's resistance to crisis. Agglomeration, conurbation and metropolis issues. Planning documents. General Geographic Object Database, Corine Land Cover - possibilities of use in spatial analyses. Studies on spatial development conditions.

7. URBIN CREATES THE WORLD AS AN ACTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. The specificity of the scale and issues of the municipality. Spatial development plans - examples, development rules. Sample multi-criteria location analysis using GIS tools.

8. URBIN SHAPES THE WORLD AS A POLITICIAN. Vision, analyses, the significance of decisions and records in planning documents at regional and national macro-regional levels. Remote sensing projects on a national scale. Visualization of statistical data. Local Data Bank. INSPIRE Geoportal, Eurostat.

9. URBIN TEACHES THE WORLD AS A PRECEPTOR. Vision and analyses on a continental, intercontinental and global scale. Remote sensing research on a global scale. Anamorphic maps.

Bibliography • Alexander Ch. A Pattern Language. Cities. Buildings. Constructions. GWP Gdańsk 2008

• ArcGIS (http://resources.arcgis.com/content/web-based-help)

• Carmona M. Teiesdel S. Public Places – Urban Spaces. The Dimensions of Urban Design Architectural Press. ELSEVIER; Amsterdam, New York, London, Tokio 2010

• Chmielewski J.M. Theory of Urban Planning in city design and planning Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej OWPW, Warszawa 2001

• Ciepły M., Głowacz A., Piechota A., Pokojski W., Szkurłat E., Wołoszyńska -Wiśniewska E., Wyka E., Zarychta R., 2019. Geoinformation in school geographical education Boguski Wydawnictwo Naukowe

• Gehl J. Life between buildings. Use of public space. RAM Kraków 2013

• Gehl. J. Cities for people. RAM Kraków 2014

• Gotlib D., Iwaniak A., Olszewski R., 2007, GIS. Areas of application. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa

• Gzell S. About architecture. Written and drawn sketches. Wydawnictwo Blue Bird Warszawa 2014

• Gzell. S. Lectures on contemporary urban planning. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej OWPW, Warszawa 2015

• Haritage G.L., Large A.R.G., 2009, Laser scanning for the environmental sciences, Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell.

• Spatial information for local governments,Białousz St. (red.), Oficyna wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warszawa 2013.

• Kraak M., Ormeling F., 2010, Cartography: Visualization of Spatial Data (3 ed.), Pearson Education (dostępne tłumaczenie na język polski wydania pierwszego z 1996 roku)

• Lillesand M.T., Kiefer R.W., Chipman J.W., 2004, Remote sensing and image interpretation, 5th edition, Wiley.

• Longley, P.A., Goodchild M.F., Maguire D.J., Rhind, D.W. 2006, GIS. Theory and practice.PWN, Warszawa

• Lynch K. The Image of the City Wydawnictwo Archiwolta Kraków 2011

• Ostrowski W. Introduction to the history of city construction. People and the environment. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej OWPW, Warszawa 2001

• Pasławski J. (red) Introduction to cartography and topography, Wydawnictwo Nowa Era, Wrocław 2006 (wyd. 1), 2010 (wyd. 2).

• Peters P., Rosner R. Small housing complexes. Single-familyhouses,small estates. Arkady Warszawa 1983

• Pluta K. Public spaces of European cities. Urban design. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej OWPW, Warszawa 2014

• The role of topographic object databases in creating spatial information infrastructure in Poland. GUGiK, Warszawa 2013.

• Sawczuk-Nowara H. History of city construction. Wydawnictwo Politechniki Białostockiej WPB 1984

• Tomlinson, R., 2008, Reflections on GIS. Planning of Geographic Information Systems for Managers. ESRI Polska, Warszawa

• Wejchert. K. Elements of urban composition Arkady 1984

Wężyk P., 2014, Handbook for training participants in the use of

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• LiDAR.

• Xian G. Z., 2015, Remote sensing applications for the urban environment, CRC Press.

• Zych M., Pieniążek M., Statistical maps. Preparation and presentation of data, CSO, Warszawa 2017

Your final grade will be assigned according to the following percentage breakdown: attendance and participation (20%) oral presentation (30%), written exam (50%).