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| HRT2029 | Cartography | 3+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOMATICS ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Gülten KARA | | Co-Lecturer | RESEARCH ASSISTANT Cemre YILMAZ, | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To establish an understanding about both the theory and the practice on map projections and cartography |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Use theoretical and applied knowledge in the field of cartography in complex engineering problems. | 1,2 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Solve to model problems 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 | | |
| Map projections: The shape and size of the Earth; Reference surfaces for the Earth; Spherical models for the Earth. Planar models for the Earth. An introduction to map projections. Deformations in map projections. Equidistant, equal area and conform projections. Azimuthal projections; Gnomonic and stereographic projections. Cylindrical projections. Gauss-Krüger projection. Distance, angle and area reductions in map projections. UTM projection. Conic projections. Cartography: Basic concepts. Map and scale. Map sheet division by geographical coordinates. Map composition; representing information on maps, color systems, symbolization. Map Generalization. Representing elevations on maps. Digital elevation models. Using maps; area, volume, cut and fill calculations, profiling and other analysis. Thematic cartography and thematic maps. Reproduction of maps. |
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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-2 / Geoid, reference ellipsoid, datums. | | | Week 3 | Map projections-1 / What is a map projection? Geographical coordinate system concepts; great and small circles. Map projections-2 / Distortion concept. | | | Week 4 | Distortion in map projections-1 / Distortion ellipses, distance, direction and area distortions. | | | Week 5 | Plane projections-1 / Fundamentals of map projections. Normal plane projection. | | | Week 6 | Spherical trigonometry / Polar spherical coordinate system. Spherical triangles. | | | Week 7 | Cylindrical projections-1 / Equidistant, equivalent and conform projections. Great circle route and rhumb line in Mercator and Gnomonic Projections | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | UTM Projection-1 / Definition concepts. Distance,angle anda area computations from UTM cordinates. UTM Projection-2 / Coordinate transformations between UTM zones. | | | Week 10 | Conical Projections / Equidistant, equivalent and conform projections. Standart paralelles. Usage in Turkey. Cartography / Concepts, scale, local scale. | | | Week 11 | Map sheet indexing by geographical coordinates / Concepts and methods. | | | Week 12 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 13 | Thematic maps / Concepts and mapping methods.
Topographic maps-2 / Digital elevation models; concepts, techniques and surface analysis. | | | Week 14 | Modern Cartography / GIS and Cartogtaphy, Cartography modules of GIS software, rep. | | | Week 15 | Modern Cartography / Visualisation. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term 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 | 8 | | 1,30 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1,30 | 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 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.3 | 1 | 1.3 | | Total work load | | | 142.6 |
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