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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Geomatics

451-416 Automated Mapping

Credit Points:

8.00

Coordinator:

Dr I. C. Ezigbalike

Prerequisite/s:

451-311 Environmental Visualisation

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

26 hours of lectures and 13 hours of practical work

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this subject the student should:

  • have an understanding of computer graphics and digital mapping as these apply to the technology of GIS

  • have a knowledge of the characteristics and uses of computer graphics and digital mapping;

  • have an understanding of current research issues and directions in computer graphics and digital mapping.

Content:

Digital Mapping: Data acquisition and processing, digital terrain modelling, digital elevation modelling, contour smoothing, generalisation, cartographic licence, polygon processing, topology, registration of vector and raster data, application to land and geographic information systems, application of artificial intelligence and expert systems.

Applications Packages: Use of software packages for display and processing of vector and raster data.

Assessment:

Not more than two hours of written examinations and tests and not more than the equivalent of 20 pages of written assignments and reports on practical work. The relative weighting of the assessment components will be published at the commencement of the subject.
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