GEOG 256 — MAP INTERPRETATION AND FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEYING
BA BA Geography and Rural Development · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
This is to equip students with the theoretical and practical knowledge in the analysis of the topographical map, and the fundamentals of the basic survey methods. This knowledge is to enable students to use the map as a basic tool for analyzing spatial information for the purpose of planning. Specific topics include cartographical methods of representing relief, mathematical computations in relief analysis, drawing relief profiles and long profiles of rivers, delineation of physical features on topographical maps, interpretation of human features on topographical maps, description of land use patterns on topographical maps and fundamentals of chain survey, compass traversing, aerial photo interpretation, leveling and remote sensing.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
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