NINA
Nordic Informatics Network in the Agricultural Sciences
Geographical Information and Spatial Analysis in Agriculture
Monday June 18 - Introduction to GIS
Principles of modern Geographical Information Systems.
Space and time in Geographical models.
Object and fields in space and time.
Constraints. Real world constraints and how to implement them.
Representations of geographical phenomena.
Tuesday June 19 - Measuring and handling geographical data
Measuring geographical phenomena.
Discretisation of continous phenomena. Resolutions. Varying resolutions and generalisation.
Spatial Algebra.
Wednesday June 20 - Quality and Fuzzyness
Model quality.
Data quality, accuracy, completeness. Data with noise.
Fuzzyness in geographical phenomena. Introduction to fuzzy set theory.
Fuzzy regions and objects with indeterminate boundaries.
Topological relations between fuzzy regions.
Thursday June 21 - Uncertainty in Spatial Variables
Stochastic models for continuous, event and mosaic variables.
Simulation algorithms.
Sampling models for spatial variables.
Uncertainty quantifications.
Friday June 22 - Spatial Analysis
Geostatistical analysis and GIS.
Analysing spatial variation and multivariate analysis.
Soil classification and multivariate methods applicable to soil data.
Properties and processes of soils as components of environmental systems.
Saturday June 23 - Spatial Analysis (cont.)
Soil sampling designs, sample collection and treatment.
The analysis and interpretation of soil survey and remotely sensed data.
The role of soil in land use and land planning issues.
Land evaluation for sustainable management including soil conservation and productivity, and how to monitor temporal change.
Social mid-summer eve in the small town of Drøbak at the Oslofjord
Monday June 25 - Wednesday June 27
ScanGis' 2001 Conference
/ Two day project.
Thursday June 28
Two-day project, cont.
Finalization of the projects.
Presentations of the projects.
Course evaluation.
Author:
nina.ss@nlh.no
. Updated March 8. 2001