italian version

Aims :

The course includes elements of Geodesy and Cartography, analytical and numerical, and some aspects of Geographical Information Systems. The surveying techniques, methods and instruments are presented pointing out the new technologies as the laser scanning, the digital photogrammetry and the remote sensing.

Topics :

Geodesy and Cartography
The surface datum: geoid, ellipsoid, their differences. The coordinate systems. Geodetic elements of these surfaces: meridians and parallels. The cartographic representations. The Italian Official Cartography. Numerical cartography. The Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
Surveying
Planimetrical Surveying. Measures of angles and distances. Instruments. Schemes of measure: triangulations, intersections, space resections, traverses. Geodetic networks by IGM. Reduction and insertion of the measures in the map of Gauss. Altimetrical Surveying. Geometric and trigonometric levelling. The national heigh network. Equations of the direct measures and the processing of the network. The system of global survey GPS (Global Positioning System). The laser scanning.
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
The analytical-geometrical espressions . The acquisition of the images, their orientation and the graphical and numerical restitution. The digital products: orthoimages and DEM. The data acquired by the satellite sensor and processed by remote sensing techniques.

Textbooks :

Folloni, Topografia ed. Patron, Bologna
Fangi, Note di fotogrammetria, ed. Clua Ancona

Exam :

It consists to answer to a written questionnaire related to the matters of the course.

Tutorial Session :

Thursday morning.