SUBJECT

Title

Map Projections 1

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

3

Recommended in

Semester 1

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description
  • General properties of map projections

  • The theory of map distortions

  • Relationship between the projection equations and the map distortions

  • Characterization and classification of map projections

  • Azimuthal projections

  • Cylindrical projections

  • Conical projections

Readings

 

  • Bugayevskiy, L. M. - Snyder, J. P.: Map projections. Taylor & Francis 1995.

  • Grafarend, Erik W., You, Rey-Jer, Syffus, Rainer: Map Projections, Cartographic Information Systems, Springer, 2014.

 

Suggested literature:

  • Wagner, K.: Kartographische Netzentwürfe. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim 1962.