SUBJECT

Coordinate systems on the earth ellipsoid and on the maps

practical

master

Faculty of Informatics

3

Semester 2/4

Spring semester

• Elements of the coordinate systems on several surfaces

• Geometry of the ellipsoid and its parametrization

• Transformation of different coordinates of the sphere

• Transformation of different coordinates of the ellipsoid

• Direct and inverse problem of the sphere and ellipsoid

• Converting between different geodesic data coordinates

• Direct mapping from the ellipsoid onto a plane and its using in the cartography

• Mapping from the ellipsoid onto an aposphere and its using in the cartography

• Azimuthal projections of the ellipsoid

• Transverse and oblique cylinder projections of the ellipsoid

• Global map coordinate systems (Gauss-Krüger, UTM, MGRS)

• Conical projections of the ellipsoid and their using in the cartography

• Snyder, J. P.: Map Projections – A Working Manual. USGS Professional Paper 1395. Washington 1987.

• Maling, D. H.: Coordinate Systems and Map Projections. 2nd edn. Pergamon, Oxford 1992. HTML Tutorial [Online] Available at http://mercator.elte.hu/~gyorffy/jegyzete/Coord_sys/Coord_systems.html [Accessed 25 May 2016]

Suggested literature:

• Bugayevskiy L. M. - Snyder, J. P.: Map Projections. A Reference Manual. Taylor and Francis, 1995.