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MASC 421 — Marine Hydrography and Cartography

Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana

Introduction & history of mapping, sea bed type and subbottom profiling, circulation and water movements, waves and tides measurements, sidescan sonar, multibeam bathymetry theory and application (multibeam data processing) , Depth soundings, hydrographic survey design (data density, efficiency, coverage), Map datums and vertical datums, ROV, acoustic tracking, motion correction, GIS, GPS principles and vessel navigation. Data models, NIMA and USGS data types, Imagery in mapping; cartographic communication, representation of spatial data; map design, digital mapping, topographic mapping, thematic mapping.

Credits
3
Level
Level 400
Semester
Semester One

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).