Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

10420 (v.3) Topographic Cartography 182


Area: Department of Spatial Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x 1 Weeks Quarterly
Prerequisite(s): 10418 (v.2) Plane and Construction Surveying 181
Syllabus: Topographic map characteristics - natural and cultural features. Figure of the Earth - coordinate systems. Map scales. Map directions - bearings. Relief representation - contour interpolation and interpretation. Topographic map generalisation. Map projections - types and use. Universal transverse mercator projection. Australian map grid. Navigation charts.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 031100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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