ENGINEERING FACULTY / GEOMATIC ENGINEERING / HRT2008 - CARTOGRAPHY

Contents Of The Courses in a weekly Period

Week 
Subjects 
Sources 
1Introduction of Cartograpphy and general concepts[2] 1-4
2 Earth s size and shape-2 / Geoid, reference ellipsoid, datums.[1] 3-5
3 Map projections / What is a map projection? Geographical coordinate system concepts; [1] 1;11-13;25-36
4Distortion in map projections / Distortion ellipses, distance, direction and area distortions. Plane projections / Fundamentals of map projections. Normal plane projection.[1] 45-64
5Spherical trigonometry / Polar spherical coordinate system. Spherical triangles.[7] 124-129
6Cylindrical projections / Equidistant, equivalent and conform projections. Great circle route and rhumb line in Mercator and Gnomonic Projections[1] 67-94
7UTM Projection / Definition concepts. Distance,angle and area computations from UTM cordinates. UTM Projection / Coordinate transformations between UTM zones.[1] 90-98
8Conical Projections / Equidistant, equivalent and conform projections. Standart paralelles. Usage in Turkey. Cartography / Concepts, scale, local scale.[2] 8-10
9Map sheet indexing by geographical coordinates / Concepts and methods.[2] 15
10Thematic maps / Concepts and mapping methods[2] 59-73
11Topographic maps/ Digital elevation models; concepts, techniques and surface analysis.[2] 59-73
12Map Sheet Indexing (UTM)[2] 14-27
13Map Sheet Indexing and review[2] 14-27