Classes are 3 hours and take place in the GIS lab (270610). Due to the highly practical nature of this course, we will follow a hybrid approach with mixed theory and practice.

This course and all handout/upload material are provided in English, therefore a basic command of the English language will be required. Also, a basic understanding of spatial data and a feeling for spatial information and relationships are of advantage. For the technical aspects of this course, a basic knowledge about trigonometry and trigonometric identities, coordinate systems and transformations as well as partial differentiation techniques (for error propagation) will be beneficial but not needed.

For a topical schedule see course attachment. 

The teaching assistant for Cartography will be announced in due time.

This course has a midterm and final exam. Homework assignments and bonus exercises will help to consolidate the obtained knowledge.

• The midterm examination will be a portfolio of online questions and/or a project covering the theoretical foundations of cartography.


• The final exam will be a mapping project. In order to complete the final project suceesfully, students will set up a mapping project, produce a digital map and describe their mapping concept and realization.