Fourth Module: Fundamentals of Cartography (CAR 611)






A new month with a New Module taught by Dr. Joseph Oloukoi, Mr. P. B. Borisade and Dr. O. P. Atafo.  60hrs Lectures in Two weeks with Laboratory Works, Assignments, Presentations and so many more. Am sure its going to be an interesting two weeks study period and hope the exam is friendly.
You can download the Course Materials in the links below.
Course Outline 

ASSIGNMENTS
1. Assignment 1
    MATERIALS
2. Assignment 2
Questions:
  1. FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING MAP SCALE
  2. FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING SYMBOLS
3. Assignment 3: Discuss the following concepts in visualization

  1. Measurement level of Spatial Data
  2. Perception Properties

LECTURE NOTES
Lecture Note 1
Lecture Note 2
Lecture Note 3
Lecture Note 4

LAB WORKS
Lab Work 1: Geometric Aspect of Mapping
Lab Work 2: Layout Operation in ArcMap

Supplementary reading materials:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4 by Kraak

TUTORIALS
1. QGIS Tutorial

PAST EXAM QUESTION PAPER






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