GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Cartography: conformal and equivalent maps; map contents and map
generalization; tolerances; italian topographic and technical maps.
Digital cartography: definitions and differences with traditional maps.
Contents of digital maps. Information coding.
Raster data: spatial and radiometric resolution.Raster data acquisition.
Rasterization of maps; georeferencing and mosaicking.
Vector data: geometric and topologic primitives.Vector data acquisition.
Cartographic editing and consistency checks.
Digital terrain models. Digital orthophotos.
Geographic information systems: fundamental components and
functions. Metadata. Manipulation of raster and vector data: queries;
processing of raster data; visualization and representation of results.
Presentation and use of GIS software.