Cartography and GIS detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of cartography and gis is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ELEMENTS OF CARTOGRAPHY 9 Definition of Cartography – Maps – Functions – Uses and Types of Maps – Map Scales and Contents – Map Projections – Shape, Distance, Area and Direction Properties – Perspective and mathematical Projections – Indian Maps and Projections – Map Co-ordinate System – UTM and UPS References.
Unit II
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Unit III
FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS 9 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 9 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.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Arthur H. Robinson et al, Elements of Cartography, 7th Edition, Wiley, 2002.
- Kang – Tsung Chang, “Introduction to Geographic Information Systems”, McGraw Hill Publishing, Fourth Edition, 2017.
- Ian Heywood, Sarah Cornelius, Steve Carver, Srinivasa Raju, An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, Pearson Education, Fourth Edition, 2011.
Reference Books:
- John Campbell, “Introductory Cartography”, Wm. C.BrownPublishers,3rd Edition,2004
- Chor Pang LO, Albert K. W. Yeung, Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, Pearson Education, 2nd Edition, November 2016. ISBN: 9789332581883
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