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Cartography I  

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Introduction (cartography and earth sciences, the concept of cartography, principles of cartography, map definition, map classification). History of cartography. Cartographic data (nature of cartographic data, data sources-data acquisition, data analysis). Elements of mathematical cartography (physical earth surface and projection on plane, principles of maps projections, study of map distortions, basic map projections). Cartographic visualisation. The concept of colour in cartography. Cartographic generalisation. Topographic relief presentation. Map composition. Name placement. Map production. Measurements from maps (length, angle, area, volumes, accuracy issues). Greek cartographic publications and organisations.

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Cartography I
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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