Course Overview

PIS course will talk about the applied information systems which are in practice (or should be) in any public and private organisation for planning decision-making. This particular course will deal with the information systems of different planning organisation.

Course Objectives

The objective of the course is to teach what information are playing vital role in planning decision making and flow of that information. The ultimate objective is to automate the information storage, manipulation, updating, and sharing and analysis functions. Here integrated information system will be developed with GIS, LIS, Remote Sensing and Database software.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completing the module students are expected to be able to:

·       Design web based platform of planning applications;

·       Develop spatial data infrastructure;

·       Develop skill of analysing Post-GIS functions;

·       Discuss the suitability of an open-source or proprietary approach to various project scenarios.