CE2022 CARTOGRAPHY Syllabus

CE2202 CARTOGRAPHY L T P C

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OBJECTIVE
 At the end of the course the student will posses knowledge about Cartographic
Concepts.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9
Cartography today - Nature of Cartography - History of Cartography - Graticules - Cartometry.
UNIT II EARTH 9
Earth-Map Relations - Basic Geodesy - Map Projections, Scale, Reference and Coordinate
system - Transformation - Basic Transformation - Affin Transformation.
UNIT III SOURCES OF DATA 9
Sources of data - Ground Survey and Positioning - Remote Sensing data collection - Census
and sampling - data - Models for digital cartographic information, Map digitizing.
UNIT IV PERCEPTION AND DESIGN 9
Cartographic design - Color theory and models - Color and pattern creation and specification -
Color and pattern - Typography and lettering the map - Map compilation.
UNIT V CARTOGRAPHY ABSTRACTION 9
Selection and Generalisation Principles - Symbolisation - Topographic and thematic maps - Map
production and Reproduction - Map series.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS
1. R.W. ANSON and F.J. ORMELING, Basic Cartography for students and Technicians. Vol. I,
II and III, Elsevrir Applied Science Publishers 2nd Edition, 1994.
2. ARTHUR, H. ROBINSON Et al Elements of Cartography, Sixth Edition, John Wiley and
Sons, 1995.
3. John Campbell, Introductory Cartography Second Edition, 1994. Wm.C. Brown Publishers.
4. M.J.Kraak and F.J. Ormeling, Cartography: Visualisation and spatial data. Prentice Hall –
1996.