UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOINFORMATICS
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester III - Paper III - Principles of Photogrammetry and Cartography

Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

UNIT I

Aerial Photography, types of aerial photographs, geometry of aerial photographs, significance of scale and types of mosaic - Stereoscopy, viewing instruments, normal vision, vertical exaggeration and factors affecting vertical exaggeration

UNIT II

Process of aerial photography, basic requirements of aerial photographs, planning for photography, aerial cameras, planning and execution of photographic flights and procurement of aerial photographs.

UNIT III

Airphoto interpretation - photo characteristics, truth, interpretation keys, elementary methods of map making, direct tracing, reflection and projection instruments, radial line triangulation, planimetnc mapping by radial line plotting, Ground control for aerial photogrammetry

UNIT IV

Cartography: Introduction, Cartography today, Nature of Cartography, History of Cartography, Graticules, Cartometry - Earth, Earth-Map relations, Map Projections- Outlines and types, Scale Reference and coordinate system, Transformation - Basic Transformation, Affine Transformation.

UNIT V

Source of data - Ground Survey and Positioning, Remote Sensing data collection, census and sampling, data models for digital cartographic information, map digitising perception and design, Cartographic design, colour theory and models, colour and pattern creation and specification and map compilation.

Books Recommended

Elements of Cartography by Arthur D., Robinson, D. et al., Sixth Edition, John Wiley and Sons inc., 1995.

Electromagnetic distance measurement by Burnside, C.D., Crosby Lockwood and Sons Ltd., 1971.

Maps and Survey by Hinks A.R., Cambridge University Press, 1982.

Introduction to Surveying by James M. Anderson and Edward M. Mikhail, IVIcGraw-Hill Inc., 1985.

Fundamentals of Cartography by Misra, R.P. and Ramesh, A., Prasaranga, University of Mysore, 1980.

Cartographic Design and Production by Keates, J.S., London Longman Group. Les Worall (Ed)., Geographic Information System - Development and Applications, Belhaven Press.

Principles of Geographical Information System for Land Resources Assessment by Burrough, P.A., Geford, Oxford University Press.

Topographic Surveying by Wilson, H.M., John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Study of Map Projection by Strees, J.A., University of London Press, London.

Coordinate systems and Map Projections by Mailing, D.H., George Philip and Son Limited

Maps and Map Making by Reeves, E.A., The Royal Geographical Society, London.

Elements of Cartography by Robinson, A.R., Sale and Morrison, John Wiley and sons.

Manual of Photogrammetry, American Society of Photogrammetry, 4^th Ed., Falls Church, 1980.

Interpretation of Aerial Photographs by Avery, T.E. and G.L. Berlin, 4^th Ed., Bergess Minneapolis, Minn., 1985.

Photogeology by Miller and Miller, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1961.

Photogrammetry by Moffitt, F.H. and Mikhail, EM., Harper and Row Publisher, New York, 3^rd edition, 1992.

Principles and Applications of Photogeology by Pandey, S.N., Wiley Eastern, 1987.

Elements of Photogrammetry with airphoto interpretation by Paul, R. Wolf, McGraw-Hill International Book Company, Japan, 1993.

Element of Photogrammetry by Wolf, P.R., 2^nd Ed.. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1983.