NUMERIC CARTOGRAPHY
cod. 17942

Academic year 2012/13
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Gianfranco FORLANI
Academic discipline
Topografia e cartografia (ICAR/06)
Field
Ingegneria ambientale e del territorio
Type of training activity
Characterising
63 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

Conceptual foundations and basic operational skills with GIS software; acquisition, maintainance and interchange of data bases; discussion of technical prescriptions and quality control in tenders for map production. Get practical experience with data acquisition and database population

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Cartography and digital Cartography. Data acquisition techniques for GIS and topographic Data Bases. DTMs. Orthophotos. Raster and vector data; topographic data bases. Geographic information systems. Remote sensing.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Dispense online.
Federica Migliaccio. Sistemi informativi territoriali e cartografia. Maggioli Editore, 2008. ISBN, 883874128X.

Teaching methods

Lectures and practical exercices with surveying instruments and GIS software

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination and discussion of exercices

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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