Course No: NRG 171

Course title: Principles of cartography

Number of credits: 4 (2-1-1)

No. of lectures-tutorial-practical: 28-14-28

Course coordinator(s): Dr P K Joshi

Course outline

In this course, we study the art, science, politics, and technologies of cartography, to understand how maps are created and used to represent and communicate spatial phenomena and their relationships. Course lectures, readings, discussions, and lab activities will introduce to the concepts, techniques, hardware, and software used for cartography.

Evaluation procedure

§  2 minor tests: 20%

§  Tutorials: 20%

§  Practical: 20%

§  Major exam: 40%

Details of course contents and allotted time

No. /

Topic

/ Allotted time (hours)
L / T / P
1.  / Introduction to Cartography, Basics of Map / 2
2.  / Fundamentals of direction, scale, types, sources / 2 / 2
3.  / Details of Datum, Geodetics, Spheroid / 6 / 2
4.  / Concepts of map Projections
(Basics, Overview and types -Cylindrical, Conic, Azimuth) / 6 / 6 / 4
5.  / Map Preparation Techniques / 2 / 10
6.  / Modern Techniques in Cartography and Computers / 2 / 8
7.  / Cartography and GIS / 2 / 2
8.  / Introduction to perception, visualization, topographic and thematic mapping and color coding / 4 / 2
9.  / Evaluation criteria / 2 / 2 / 4
Total / 28 / 14 / 28

The course is reviewed and commented by the following experts.

Dr. Milap Punia, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Dr. P.K. Garg, Professor, IIT-R, Roorkee

Dr. P.P. Pani, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Dr. R.D. Garg, Associate Professor, IIT-R, Roorkee

Dr. T.P. Singh, Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics, Pune

Suggested readings
Books

1.  ESRI. 2004. ESRI Cartography: Capabilities and Trends. Redlands, CA. White Paper

2.  Imus, D. and Dunlavey, P. 2002. Back to the Drawing Board: Cartography vs the Digital Workflow. MT. Hood, Oregon.

3.  MacEachren, A.M. (1994). Some Truth with Maps: A Primer on Symbolization & Design. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University. ISBN.

4.  Monmonier, Mark (1991). How to Lie with Maps. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-53421-9.

5.  Monmonier, Mark (1993). Mapping It Out. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN.

6.  Pickles, John (2003). A History of Spaces: Cartographic Reason, Mapping, and the Geo-Coded World. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-415-14497-3.

7.  Sircar, D.C.C. (January 1990). Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. ISBN 8120806905.

8.  Slocum, T. (2003). Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-130-35123-7.

9.  Wilford, John Noble (2000). The Mapmakers. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-375-70850-2.

Magazines

1.  Coordinates

2.  GIM International

3.  GIS World

  1. GIS@development

5.  Geospatial today

6.  GPS World

Journals
  1. Journal of Historical Geography
  2. Cartographic Journal

3.  Asian Journal of Geoinformatics

4.  Geocarto International

5.  International Journal of Goeinformatics

  1. International Journal of Remote Sensing
  2. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

8.  Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing

9. Remote Sensing of Environment