Basic Cartography: For Students and Technicians; Exercise Manual

Chapter 1 The History of Cartography

Exercise No. 1: Cartographic History of the Student's Country


2: The Effect of Social and Cultural Factors on Cartography


3: Angle of Viewing the Earth in Maps


4: Eastern Asian Cartography


5: Component Analysis of Old Maps

Chapter 2 Mathematical Cartography

Exercise No. 1: The Map Scale


2: Earth Shape, Grid and Graticule


3: Tangent Projection Systems


4: Secant Projection Systems


5: An Equal-Area Cylindrical Projection


6: An Equal-Area Pseudoconical Projection


7: Planispheres


8: Planispheres and their Deformation


9: Interrupted Projection Systems


10: The Quintuple Projection

Chapter 3 Theory of Cartographic Expression and Design

Exercise No. 1: Generalisation


2: Isolines


3: Fixed Value Dot Mapping


4: Data Representation Using Proportion Symbols


5: Flowlines


6: Movement Expressed by Arrows


7: Choropleth Mapping


8: Proportional Shading


9: Triangular Graphs


10: Dasymetric Mapping

Chapter 4 Techniques of Map Drawing and Lettering

Exercise No. 0: Representation of Settlements


1: Line Construction


2: Map Lettering


3: Map Lettering


4: Hill Shading Using an Airbrush


5: Creation of a Colour Solid


6: Scale Transfer


7: Parallel Lines and Roads


8: Simple and Complex Symbols

Chapter 5 Map Reproduction Techniques

Exercise No. 1: Exercise on Map Production Techniques

Chapter 6 Topographic Cartography

Exercise No. 1: Map Orientation


2: Production of a Topographic Map at 1: 200,000


3: Production of a General Map at 1: 500,000


4: Hydrography


5: Relief Representation I


6: Relief Representation II


7: Relief Representation III

Chapter 7 Map Compilation and Generalisation

Exercise No. 0: Generalisation of Topographic Map Detail


1: Drawing a City Plan


2: Drafting of a Road Map


3: Drawing a Leisure Map


4: Preliminary Layout


5: Differentiation of Linear Features


6: Generalising Boundaries


7: The Generalisation of Various Features


8: Name Placement


9: Map Legend Specification

Chapter 8 Thematic Cartography

Exercise No. 1: Coal Transportation


2: Urban Accessibility Map


3: Arable Crop Typology


4: Demographic Map


5: Population Density Map


6: Editing an Agricultural Map


7: Mapping Transportation

Chapter 9 Computer-Assisted Cartography

Exercise No. 1: Digitising


2: Formulating a Logic for a C-A-C Routine


3: Computer-Assisted Plotting


4: Combining Conventional and C-A Cartography


5: Change of Projection


6: C-A Topographic Sheet Compilation


7: Thematic Map Scaling and Generalisation


8: Compiling a C-A Thematic Atlas


9: Developing a C-A-C System