Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CREDIT=2
Theory Hours = 32
Practical = 18
Internal=2
Assignment=as required
Final
Theory 80 marks
Practical 10+10
10 from external
10 from internals and assignment
INTRODUCTION TO MAPS
WHAT IS A MAP?
Maps have been used for centuries. A person who creates map
as a profession is called a cartographer
USES OF MAPS?
Today maps are used by people to find places they have not
seen. Let’s say you are asked to find the nearest high school
from your house. You could walk aimlessly from your house
and hope you find a school.
Contours
Natural and man-made features
Hydrographic features
Grids etc.
Application
Parcel: parcel is a
Parcel number, buildings, taps
Roads, rivers etc in large scale
Applications