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The document outlines an assignment for a course on Principles of Cartography, with an assessment weight of 40% and a submission deadline aligned with the final exam. It includes a series of questions related to map projections, symbolization, spatial data, and the role of cartography in GIS. Students are expected to provide brief answers to each question, demonstrating their understanding of key concepts in cartography.

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Assignment-PrinciplesofCartography-2024.

The document outlines an assignment for a course on Principles of Cartography, with an assessment weight of 40% and a submission deadline aligned with the final exam. It includes a series of questions related to map projections, symbolization, spatial data, and the role of cartography in GIS. Students are expected to provide brief answers to each question, demonstrating their understanding of key concepts in cartography.

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Assignment of the Course: Principles of Cartography

Assessment Weight (%): 40%

Submission Date: Up to the Date of the Final Exam

Give Brief Answers for Each of the Following Questions

1) If the principal (global) scale is 24,250,000 & the actual (projection) scale is 26,550,200.
Then, calculate the scale factor & interpret the result?
2) Explain the difference between‟ secant cylindrical‟ & „tangent cylindrical‟ map projections in
terms of their accuracies & distortions?
3) What is „azimuthal map projection‟? For which parts of the world are azimuthal projections
more relevant? Why?
4) Why do we need map projection? Elaborate all possible significances (benefits) of projecting
the globe to two-dimensional maps?
5) What is „Symbolization‟ of maps? What criteria or factors have to be considered in selection
of symbols in mapping?
6) Cartography requires „spatially referenced data‟ for the production of maps illustrating
biophysical & socioeconomic attributes; that is, map production is impossible if data are not
spatially referenced. Elaborate the characteristics of “spatially referenced data” briefly?
7) Explain the role of cartography in the development of GIS as a discipline or field of study
briefly?
8) Mention the four (4) attributes or realities of the earth that can be distorted during map
projections & explain briefly the conditions when each of the four (4) attributes or realities
can be distorted?

_____________________________//Good Luck!!!________________________________

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