📚 GIS BASICS – Full Syllabus (CTEVT | Diploma in Geomatics Engineering | PDF)
🚀 Studying GIS Basics under CTEVT’s Diploma in Geomatics Engineering?
This post provides the complete, official syllabus for GIS Basics (EG 2105 GE) — perfect for exam preparation, practical work, and GIS lab assignments.
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📌 Subject Overview
Subject Name: GIS Basics
Subject Code: EG 2105 GE
Year: II
Part: I
Total Hours/Week: 6
Lecture: 4 hrs/week
Practical: 2 hrs/week
Offered by: CTEVT – Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training
Course Type: Core Subject
🎯 Course Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
✅ Understand the fundamental concepts of Geographic Information Systems
✅ Explain spatial and non-spatial data, and GIS data models
✅ Acquire, edit, manage, and visualize GIS datasets
✅ Perform spatial analysis and geoprocessing operations
✅ Prepare professional map layouts using GIS software
✅ Integrate GIS with surveying, remote sensing, and map production
📚 Unit-wise Breakdown of GIS BASICS Syllabus
📚 Unit 1: Database Management System (DBMS) – 13 Hrs
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Introduction to database and DBMS
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Logical data concepts
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Tuple, attribute, relation, entity
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Primary key & candidate key
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Table, form, query
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Introduction to reports
📚 Unit 2: GIS and Spatial Data Models – 13 Hrs
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Introduction to GIS & components
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GIS workflow
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Spatial vs non-spatial data
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GIS users & applications
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Vector model: point, line, polygon, formats, advantages & disadvantages
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Raster model: cell, resolution, formats, advantages & disadvantages
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TIN model: structure & applications
📚 Unit 3: Data Acquisition and Input – 8 Hrs
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Primary vs secondary data sources
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Digitization
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Scanning
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Field survey & GPS data
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Attribute data entry
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Importing datasets
📚 Unit 4: Data Editing and Management – 8 Hrs
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Topology and spatial relationships
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Error detection & correction
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Georeferencing
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Database creation
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Attribute editing
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Building geodatabases
📚 Unit 5: Spatial Analysis and Operations – 9 Hrs
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GIS query
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Buffering
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Overlay analysis
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Network analysis
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Terrain analysis
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Neighborhood operations
📚 Unit 6: Map Layout and Presentation – 7 Hrs
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Map design & elements
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Symbology & color theory
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Labeling and annotation
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Preparing map layouts
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Exporting maps (PDF, image formats)
🧪 Practical / Laboratory Work (60 Hrs)
✔️ Importing vector and raster datasets
✔️ Creating maps from GPS survey data
✔️ Georeferencing scanned maps
✔️ Digitizing roads, buildings, and boundaries
✔️ Attribute table creation & editing
✔️ Topology creation and validation
✔️ Buffering and overlay operations
✔️ Preparing final map layouts
✔️ Exporting maps and generating reports
📖 Recommended References
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Principles of GIS – Burrough & McDonnell
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Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective – Stan Aronoff
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Getting to Know ArcGIS – ESRI
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Fundamentals of GIS – DeMers
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QGIS Training Manual – QGIS Development Team
📊 Evaluation Scheme
| S.N | Units | Hours | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Database Management System | 13 | 16 |
| 2 | GIS & Spatial Data Models | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Data Acquisition & Input | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Data Editing & Management | 8 | 10 |
| 5 | Spatial Analysis & Operations | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | Map Layout & Presentation | 7 | 10 |
| Total | 60 | 80 |
📌 Note: Minor variations may occur in the marks distribution.
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