Seminar Report

On

Geographic Information System

Submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree

Of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

In

CIVIL ENGINEERING
RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY KOTA

Name of Guide Name of Student

Sh. Sohil Sisodiya Anshul Sarda
Assistant Professor, CRN-15/498
Department of Civil Engineering. 15E1UCCEM40P009

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY KOTA
October-2018
 Department of Civil Engineering
Rajasthan Technical UniversityKota-324010

Dated: 26-10-2018

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr. Anshul Sarda College Roll No. 15/498 and University
Roll No. 15EUCCE498 has submitted the seminar Report entitled “Geographical
Information System (GIS)’’ in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of
Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engineering). The report has been prepared as per
the prescribed format and is approved for submission and presentation.

Counter signature of Head Signature of Guide

Dr. B. P. Suneja Sh. Sohil Sisodiya

Professor & Head Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil Engg. Dept. of Civil Engg.
RTU, Kota-324010 RTU, Kota-324010

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 Acknowledgement
I would like to thank respected Mr. Sohil Sisodiya for giving me such a wonderful opportunity
to expand my knowledge for my own branch and giving me guidelines to present a seminar
report. A special gratitude we give to over teacher, Dr. B. P. Suneja (Head of civil department)
whose contribution in stimulating suggestion and encouragement. It helped me a lot to realize of
what we study for.
Secondly, I would like to thank my parents who patiently helped me as I went through my work
and helped to modify and eliminate some of the irrelevant or un-necessary stuffs.
Thirdly, at this moment I would like to remember all of my classmates also, for their
cooperation and discussions during the course.
Last but not the least; I have deep sense of gratitude to my family and friends for their
encouragement.

Date- 26-10-2018 Anshul Sarda

C.R.No. 15/498
Final B. Tech. (Civil)

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 Content

Page
Abstract 1
Chapter: 1. Introduction 2-11
1.1 What Is GIS? 2
1.2 History of GIS 2-3
1.3 Functions of a Geographic Information System 3-7
1.3.1 Data Capture 3-4
1.3.2 Projection and Rectification 4
1.3.3 Data Modelling 4
1.3.4 Vector Data model 4-5
1.3.5 Raster Data model 5-6
1.3.6 Tabular Data 7
1.4 Components of GIS 7-8
1.4.1 People 7
1.4.2 Procedure 7
1.4.3 Hardware 8
1.4.4 Software 8
1.4.5 Data 8
1.5 Application of GIS 9-11
1.5.1 Open geospatial consortium standards 9
1.5.2 Web mapping 9-10
1.5.3 Adding the dimension of the time 10
1.6 Advantages of GIS 10
1.7 Disadvantages of GIS 11

Chapter: 2. Literature Review 12-14

Chapter: 3. Study Area 14-17

3.1 Methodology 15-17

Chapter: 4. Results and Discussion 17-22

4.1 Conclusion 20-22

References 22-23
 LIST OF FIGURES

FIG. NO. TITLE PAGE

1.1 Reference Ellipsoid and Geoid 4

1.2 Integrated Layers of GIS Model 4
1.3 Vector Spaghetti Model 6
1.4 Raster Representation 5
1.5 Raster Attribute Table 5
1.6 Quadtree Compaction 6
1.7 Run Length Encoding 6
3.1 Map of Rajasthan 15

4.1 GIS methodology for making

Required thematic
Map 17

5.1 thematic map showing locations

Of Rajasthan 18
5.2 thematic map showing Highways
Of Rajasthan 19
5.3 thematic map showing Rivers
Of Rajasthan 20

6.1 thematic map shown administrative

Locations, rivers, and highways
Of Rajasthan 22