The course deals with advanced topics in GIS, such as Business aspects and Legal issues; Human-Computer Interaction; Cognitive Issues in GIS; Geosensors; Big Spatial Data; Spatial Statistics; and Machine Learning for GIS.

Fundamentals of geographic information systems: spatial data modeling; metrics & topology; vector, raster and network data; thematic data; spatial statistics; system architectures; data quality; spatial queries and analysis; geovisualisation; spatial databases; labs with GIS software

Fundamentals in geoinformation technologies: database principles, including modeling of spatial information, geometric and semantic models, topology and metrics; practical training with GIS software.

Advanced geoinformation technologies: geodatabases advanced; system architectures; mobile GIS; user interfaces; fields and interpolation; data quality, uncertainty, metadata; temporal aspects in GIS.

The course deals with advanced methods in spatial data analysis.

Advanced geoinformation technologies and analyses methods: Mobile GIS; Web-GIS & Geo-Web-Services; Spatial Big Data; Temporal aspects in GIS; Analysis of movement data; User interfaces

Geoinformationstechnologien und -analysen für Fortgeschrittene: Mobile GIS; Web-GIS & Geo-Web-Services; Spatial Big Data; Zeitliche Aspekte in GIS; Analyse von Bewegungsdaten; BenutzerschnittstellenÜbungen: Web-GIS-Semesterprojekt in Gruppenarbeit - die Übungen finden auf Englisch statt!

Introduction to general scientific working methods and skills in the core fields of geomatics. It includes a literature study, a review of one of the articles, a presentation and a report about the literature study.