| Eligibility: (Pre-requisites) |
B.Tech. / B.E. / A.M.I.E. / B.Sc. (with Mathematics or Statistics or Computer Science or Physics as a compulsory subject) / M.C.A. / B.C.A. / B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Environmental Science or Disaster Management / B.A. or B.Sc. (with Geography or Geology honours)/ or from any other disciplines with two years working experience in GIS. Knowledge of Basics of Computer and Operating System is essential for all. |
| Medium of instruction: | English |
Prior to the advent of the Internet, GIS technology, like other software technologies, was limited to the domain of desktop, workstation and in limited cases, server-based computing platforms. The physical restrictions of these computing platforms confined GIS to only supporting the evolution of project and departmental GIS and limited impact to the public. Over the last ten years the GIS community has become increasingly focused on the dissemination of GIS data and functionalities within, as well as outside of, organizations. An important breakthrough in this research was the deployment of GIS data, functionality in the Internet, World Wide Web, and private intranets and is sometimes termed as WebGIS.
WebGIS is platform independent and does not have any location restrictions and not depends upon any specific software like GIS; world wide users can use it. It can also be used by any number of users and possible to perform map making, analysis concurrently. It provides new concepts of GIS web service by using Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS) standards that are designed to allow any internet user to access spatial and temporal data to create customized maps and perform analysis. So, users can save their valuable time and effort without collecting, maintaining huge amount of spatial data for map making and analysis purposes.
Now, two most important questions will arise (a) why do we build WebGIS applications? and (b) who should be involved in building WebGIS applications? The answer of former is so many governments, private and non-profit organizations or even universities promote their GIS activities on the Web for either freedom of geospatial information to all or to sell their data, map, location-based products and services to the wider range of users, planners and decision makers on demand. To answer the latter, any GIS users (from end users to specialists, developers or researchers), IT professionals, web designer and developer, planners and management decision makers or individuals from any other related fields can be involved in building WebGIS application.
Syllabus:
|
Topic |
No. of Theory Classes |
No. of Lab Classes |
Total No. of Classes |
|
Overview of GIS: Introduction, components, usefulness, data model, subsystem of GIS, modern trend in GIS. Practice using open source Quantum GIS (QGIS) Desktop software |
6 |
4 |
10 |
|
Concept of WebGIS: Introduction, Limitation of desktop GIS, GIS from desktop to Internet, explanation of varying terminology, classification of web maps, components of WebGIS, potential of WebGIS, WebGIS technology: proprietary versus open source. |
2 |
- |
2 |
|
Computer networking: Introduction, types of networks: LAN and WAN, structure of network: client-server and P2P, network topology and media. |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
Internet: Introduction, Internet services, How Internet works, TCP/IP model. World Wide Web (Web), Web components, Web based client-server architecture. |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
Web server configuration and web page design: HTML basics, headings, paragraphs, lists, links, images, tables, forms etc. |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
WebGIS Architecture and evolution of technology: strategy of WebGIS – server and client side, architecture of static and dynamic WebGIS. |
2 |
- |
2 |
|
Mapserver for windows (MS4W): overview, anatomy of a Mapserver application, functional mode, installation and requirement, Building a “Hello World” application. |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
WebGIS application (Geoportal) development :
|
5 |
5 |
10 |
|
Server side scripting (Mapscript) using PHP: installation and testing, basic PHP syntax, |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
PostGIS (spatial extension for PostgreSQL database): Installation and configuration with Mapserver application, GIS objects and geometry type, loading and retrieving GIS data, query and analysis. |
4 |
3 |
7 |
|
GIS web services: Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Standards, Web Map Server (WMS), Web Feature server (WFS) etc., use Mapserver as a WMS client. |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Review and discussion |
- |
2 |
2 |
|
Examination (theory and lab test) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Total |
30 |
21 |
51 |
Examination: One theory test and one practical test of 100 marks each will be conducted on completion of the course. Candidates are required to secure at least 40% marks in each paper (individually in theory and practical).
| Classroom - Regular | ||||
| When | Duration | Where | Remarks | Price |
| Not Specified |
4 Months |
All Venues | Time : Theory classes: 2 hrs each; LAB/Field class... more |
INR 9,000 Per Course (Taxes As Applicable) |
| Price Notes: Fees : Rs.12,000/- for Sponsored Candidates | ||||
Computer Aided Design (CAD) Centre
The Computer Aided Design (CAD) Centre is one of the pioneering institutions of eastern India for training, research, and consultancy services in the emerging areas that it embraces. The Centre functions under the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. In the year 2010, it has reached to its 25 years of academic and research excellence.
Feeling the dearth of educational and research facilities, and implementation of new generation technologies the Centre has come up as a state-of-the-art institution for education and research in order to cater to the requirement of emerging technologies like CAD, Multimedia and Animation, Geographic Information Science, and Remote Sensing. Since its inception in 1985 the Centre has generated an immense amount of goodwill in its areas of expertise. The Centre has trained a large number of researchers, academicians, professionals, and students in the preceding technological fields, who have been successful in implementing their training to their work areas.
