Key words
Cartography and geodesy
Objectives
Understanding the moving of sun, planets, satellites
Knowing the complexity of the earth's form
The problems of map making
Prerequisites
Knowledge of goniometry, topography, differential calculus
Topics
- Location on the celestial globe, time problem, and location on the earth
- Models of the earth, principles in geodesy, vertical and normal line, ellipsoide, geodetic date, geodetic and topografic grid
- Maps in history, map projections, world maps, cartometrie
Teaching Methods
- lectures
- demonstrations
- exercises
- home study
Materials used
- teacher's course
- other textbook(s)
- background information
Study guidance
Assessment
- Scoring system :
written examination
Study costs
Lecturer(s)
Huguette Buyle
Language
- Dutch
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