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| HRT2045 | Cartography | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOMATICS ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Gülten KARA | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Learning the theory and practice of cartography and map projections. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | learn the theoretical information in the field of cartography. | 1.2 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to cartography and basic concepts, size and shape of the Earth; Geoid, reference ellipsoid and datum concepts, Introduction to Map Projections, Geographic coordinate system concepts, Distortion in map projections, Spherical Trigonometry, Spherical polar coordinate system, Special curves on the Earth, Reductions in map projection, Zone transformations, Map indexing with Geographic Coordinates, Cartographic visualization, Classification of Maps, Topographic maps and representation of heights, contour lines, Scale and Cartographic Generalization, Online Mapping Systems. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction of Cartograpphy and general concepts | | | Week 2 | Earth's size and shape / Geoid, reference ellipsoid, datums. | | | Week 3 | Map projections / What is a map projection? Geographical coordinate system concepts; great and small circles. | | | Week 4 | Distortion in map projections / Distortion ellipses, length, directional and area distortions. | | | Week 5 | Classification of map projections. Plane projections. | | | Week 6 | Inclined plane projections and related basic concepts; Spherical Trigonometry / Spherical polar coordinate system. Spherical Triangles, Special curves on the Earth. | | | Week 7 | Cylindrical projections; Length-preserving and conformal projections, Reductions in map projection. | | | Week 8 | UTM Projection-1; UTM definition, distance, angle and area calculations from UTM coordinates. UTM Projection-2; Coordinate transformations between UTM zones. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | UTM Projection-2; Projection coordinate system, coordinate transformations between UTM zones. | | | Week 11 | Map Sheet Division-1; Sheet indexing by geographical coordinates. | | | Week 12 | Map Sheet Division-2; Sheet indexing by geographical coordinates. | | | Week 13 | Contours, Classification of Maps. | | | Week 14 | Cartographic Generalization. | | | Week 15 | Online mapping Systems. | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Koçak, E, 1999; Harita Projeksiyonları, Zonguldak Karaelmas Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2. Baskı, ISBN: 975-7137-10-3, Zonguldak, Türkiye. | | | |
| 1 | Erik W. Grafarend, Rey-Jer You, Rainer Syffus, 2014; Map Projections: Cartographic Information Systems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ISBN:978-3-642-36493-8, 978-3-642-36494-5 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1,50 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1,50 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 143 |
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