Cartography and Gis Laboratory 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 (GI8312), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (4), Teaching hours/week (0), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are 4.
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 laboratory is as follows.”
Course Objective:
- Hands on experience of basics of cartography and GIS.
- Designing the map
- Development of GIS database and populating attributes data
Exercises:
- Simple conical, cylindrical and planner projection for a reduced earth (2 to 4cm reduced earth) – aspect and secant demo.
- Graded symbolization and isopleth / choropleth map
- Map compilation and Design
- Data Input – Onscreen Digitisation – Creation of Point, Line and Polygon layers
- Projection, Reprojection and Coordinate Transformation of Maps
- Attribute data input and Measurement of Distance, Area
- Linking External Database and Tabular Data Analysis using SQL commands
- Generating Graphs, Charts and Diagrams from Tabular data
- Data Conversion – Vector to Raster and Raster to Vector
- Map Joining, Edge Matching and Layout Design
Course Outcome:
At the end of the course the student will be able to
- To design and produce thematic maps with suitable projection, symbols and color codes
- To compile and develop digital maps
- To create spatial database and nonspatial databases in GIS environment
- To analyse spatial database and generate reports, maps
References:
- Arthur, H. Robinson et al, Elements of Cartography, 7th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2004.
- C.P. Lo Albert K.W. Yeung, “Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems”, Prentice Hall of India Publishers, 2006
List of Equipments:
- i7 computer system with minimum 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD – 15 nos for 30 students
- Standard GIS Software – 15 user licenses
- Two students can be allotted per system per session.
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