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GEOGRAPHY (UNIT A)
cod. 14134

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Geografia fisica e geomorfologia (GEO/04)
Field
Discipline naturalistiche
Type of training activity
Basic
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: GEOGRAPHY

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Learning objectives

Cartography examines the construction, interpretation and use of maps, a very important tool to show the distribution of phenomena and environmental characteristics.

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Course unit content

 Cartography. <br />
The Earth forms. Earth ellipsoids in Cartography. Map projections. The geographic grid. Triangulation and photogrammetric survey. Map scale. The geographic coordinates: latitude and longitude. The Gauss-Boaga and UTM grids. The GPS. Map symbols. Topographic contour maps. Contour lines. Earth relief features by contour lines. The Italian National and Regional Cartography. The topographic profile. The longitudinal profile of a stream. The perimeter of a drainage basin. Interpretation and use of topographic maps. <br />

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Bibliography

PEREGO S. - Cartografia. Lettura delle Carte topografiche. Santa Croce, 2004

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