Course image GEO 3204(401):Cartography,Remote Sensing and GIS
Non category Courses
Course summary
In this course we have defined cartography as a discipline dealing with the conception, production, dissemination and study of maps in all forms.
Chapter 1 is concerned with cartography fundamentals in which cartography principles related to concept of projection system and map scale are developed. This chapter is dealing also with the cartographic language explaining the map symbols and visual variables. Chapter 2 presents the basics of mapmaking explaining the cartographic documents (map types), describing the map components and presenting the stages of thematic map construction. Chapter 3 is concerned with map reading and interpretation in which the rules and their application to the thematic map are presented.