NUMERIC CARTOGRAPHY AND GIS

Margherita FIANI NUMERIC CARTOGRAPHY AND GIS

0612500053
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
EQF6
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
2020/2021

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LESSONS
Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCE TO BE ACQUIRED:
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPLES, METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS ON WHICH NUMERICAL CARTOGRAPHY AND GIS (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM) ARE BASED, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS CONCERNING GEOREFERENCING, EDITING, UPDATING, MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF GRAPHIC FILES AND ALPHANUMERIC DATABASES.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS:
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF TOPOGRAPHY AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE MAIN TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE SYSTEMS USED IN ITALY AND THE WORLD AND THE ASSOCIATED CARTOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
OPERATIONAL SKILLS TO CARRY OUT SOME BASIC OPERATIONS. ABILITY TO PRODUCE APPROPRIATE TERRITORIAL ANALYSIS THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION, INTERROGATION AND PROCESSING OF GEO-REFERENCED DATA.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT:
ABILITY TO MAKE APPROPRIATE CHOICES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA IN GIS ENVIRONMENT.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
BEING ABLE TO USE A TECHNICAL LANGUAGE.
ABILITY TO LEARN:
BEING ABLE TO MONITOR THE EVOLUTION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE ON THE SUBJECT.
Prerequisites
IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY ATTEND THE COURSE, THE STUDENT SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THE EXAM OF TOPOGRAFIA.

Contents
PHOTOGRAMMETRY
DEFINITION OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND APPLICATIONS. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NUMERICAL AND ANALOG MAPPING. THE CARTOGRAPHIC PROCESS. MATHEMATICAL MODEL. REFERENCE SYSTEMS. INTERNAL ORIENTATION OF A FRAME. CALIBRATION CERTIFICATE. AERIAL AND TERRESTRIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRIC CAMERAS. ROTATIONS IN THE PLANE AND IN SPACE. EXTERNAL ORIENTATION OF A FRAME. COLLINEARITY EQUATIONS. RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ORIENTATION. STEREOSCOPY. AERIAL TRIANGULATION. PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SURVEY. FLIGHT PLAN. DTM. PHOTOPLANS. ORTHOPHOTOS. BASIC ASPECTS OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY. HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES.
NUMERICAL CARTOGRAPHY
FUNCTIONS OF NUMERICAL MAPPING PRODUCTS. ACCURACY AND SCALE OF A NUMERICAL CARTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT. PRODUCTION PROCESS AND CONTROL. SPECIFICATIONS FOR NUMERICAL CARTOGRAPHY. QUALITY CONTROL AND TESTING OPERATIONS IN THE VARIOUS PHASES (FLIGHT, CLASSIFICATION, T.A., RETURN, RECONNAISSANCE, EDITING). REGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL NUMERICAL CARTOGRAPHY: CONTENTS, SPECIFICATIONS AND TESTS.
CARTOGRAPHIC DATABASE
REPRESENTATION OF DIGITAL DATA. DATA FORMAT VECTOR. DATA IN RASTER FORMAT. DIRECT ACQUISITION OF VECTOR DATA. INDIRECT ACQUISITION OF VECTOR DATA. VECTORIZATION OF EXISTING MAPS. PROBLEMS OF CARTOGRAPHIC EDITING. INDIRECT ACQUISITION OF RASTER DATA. RASTERING OF CARTOGRAPHY. DATA QUALITY.
GIS
DEFINITION AND MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF TERRITORIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SIT OR GIS). COMPONENTS OF A GIS. LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY. SPATIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN OBJECTS. TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONS.
INTRODUCTION TO SW QGIS. ARCHIVING OF INFORMATION. DATABASES. DATA QUALITY. SPATIAL RESOLUTION. GEOREFERENCING OF DATA. GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS. TRANSFORMATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS. QGIS: GENERAL SOFTWARE ASPECTS. RASTER AND VECTOR, IMPORT, GENERAL ASPECTS AND FORMATS. WMS SYSTEM AGENCY OF THE TERRITORY AND THE GEOPORTAL. MANAGEMENT OF 2D AND 3D LAYERS. OPEN SOURCE CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOREFERENCING OF A RASTER. METHODS OF DATA ORGANIZATION. TECHNIQUES OF DATA STRUCTURING AND ANALYSIS. THEMATIC MAPS. SCALE OF REPRESENTATION. SYMBOLISM AND VISUALIZATION. EXAMPLES OF THEMATIC MAPS. DERIVATIVE MAPS: SLOPE, EXPOSURE, TRI, ETC. USE OF GIS BY THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. WEB-GIS.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF LECTURES AND CLASS EXERCISES
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES IS TO MAKE THE STUDENT FAMILIAR WITH THE GIS SOFTWARE
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM
Texts
LECTURE NOTES FROM THE COURSE TEACHER. THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL PRESENTED IN CLASS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENT IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT VIA INTERNET. USERNAME AND PASSWORD ARE RESERVED FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO.
ADDITIONAL TEXTS:
SELVINI-GUZZETTI, CARTOGRAFIA GENERALE TEMATICA E NUMERICA, UTET
BORROUGHS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MIGLIACCIO CARTOGRAFIA TEMATICA E AUTOMATICA. LIBRERIA CLUP , MILANO
FOLLONI PRINCIPI DI TOPOGRAFIA. PATRON , BOLOGNA.
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