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GIS for Civil Engineers

VDB 4023

Geographic Information

Dr. Abdul-Lateef Balogun

Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering

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Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)
Email: alateef.babatunde@utp.edu.my
 Topics
What?

Where?

Addresses (Location)

Coordinates

Connectivity

Proximity

Mapping

Geodesy
 What?

Entities
House

School

Hospital

Road

Water Pipes
 Trees

People

Animals
 Where?

 Address/Location

Johor

Perak

Kedah

Penang

Melaka

 Coordinates

Coordinates is
a set of
numbers that
define the
position of
points uniquely
 Connectivity

Spatial relationships between real-world

features
 Proximity

 what are the

features close to
other features
within a certain
condition
(distance)?

usually perform
buffer operation
 Mapping

Graphical or visual representation of an

area; parts of an area; locations and
adjacencies of different types of features
typically represented on the earths
surface.

It provides specific and detailed features

of a particular area
 Geodesy

Geodesy is the science of measuring and monitoring

the size and shape of the Earth and the location of points
on its surface. (NOAA website):

Location & Geodesy

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