Online Courses Handbook 2003

10512 (v.3) Computer Assisted Cartography 582

Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to Graduate Diploma program
Introduction to computer assisted cartography. Copyright issues. Raster and vector representation. Raster/vector conversion algorithms. Spatial interpolation concepts. Distance weighting. Kriging. Trend surfaces. Contouring. Computer assisted map compilation. Spatial data capture and editing. Surface visualisation. Map project management.