Cartography and Gis Concepts detail syllabus for Geoinformatics Engineering (Geo), 2017 regulation is taken from Anna University official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (GI8301), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
For all other geo 3rd sem syllabus for be 2017 regulation anna univ you can visit Geo 3rd Sem syllabus for BE 2017 regulation Anna Univ Subjects. The detail syllabus for cartography and gis concepts is as follows.”
Course Objective:
- To introduce concepts of Cartography and GIS
- To expose the process of map making and production
- To introduce GIS data structures, data input and data presentation
Unit I
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Unit II
Map Design and Production
Elements of a map – Map Layout principles – Map Design fundamentals – symbols and conventional signs – graded and ungraded symbols – color theory – colours and patterns in symbolization – map lettering – map production – map printing- colours and visualization – map reproduction – Map generalization – geometric transformations – bilinear and affine transformations
Unit III
Fundamentals of Gis
Introduction to GIS – Definitions – History of GIS – Components of a GIS – Hardware, Software, Data, People, Methods – Introduction to data quality -Types of data – Spatial, Attribute data- types of attributes – scales/ levels of measurements – spatial data models – Raster Data Structures -Raster Data Compression – Vector Data Structures – Raster vs Vector Models- TIN and GRID data models.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Data Quality and Output
Assessment of Data quality – Basic aspects – completeness, logical consistency, positional accuracy, temporal accuracy, thematic accuracy and lineage – Metadata – GIS Standards -Interoperability – OGC – Spatial Data Infrastructure – -Data Output – Map Compilation -Chart/Graphs – v
Course Outcome:
At the end of the course, the student shall
- Be familiar with appropriate map projection and co-ordinate system for production of Maps and shall be able to compile and design maps for the required purpose.
- Be familiar with co-ordinate and datum transformations
- Understand the basic concepts and components of GIS, the techniques used for storage of spatial data and data compression
- Understand the concepts of spatial data quality and data standard
Text Books:
- Arthur, H. Robinson, Elements of Cartography, Seventh Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2004.
- Kang-Tsung Chang, ” Introduction to Geographic Information Systems”, McGraw Hill Publishing, 2nd Edition, 2011.
- Ian Heywood, Sarah Cornelius, Steve Carver, Srinivasa Raju, An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, Pearson Education, 2nd Edition, 2007.
References:
- John Campbell, “introductory Cartography”, Wm.C. Brown Publishers, 3rd Edition, 2004
- C.P. Lo Albert K.W. Yeung, Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, Prentice Hall of India Publishers, 2006
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Geo, 2017 regulation do visit Geo 3rd Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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