Cartography curriculum
PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS
TR-c10Map projections 2
III. grade 1. semester -- Lectures per week: 2+1 -- exam + practice mark -- Credit: 3
Responsible: Györffy János -- Lecturer: Györffy János
Detailed description of the subject (theory)
1. week General features and grouping miscellaneous projections
2. week Features of pseudocylindrical projections
3. week The Wagner-transformation. Introducing the modified latitude
4. week Pseudocylindrical projections with sinusoidal arches
5. week Pseudocylindrical projections with ellipsoidal arches
6. week Composite pseudocylindrical projections
7. week Other pseudocylindrical projections
8. week General features of conic-like projections
9. week Policonic projections
10. week Pseudopoliconic projections
11. week Pseudoazimuthal projections. Other projections
12. week Miscellaneous projections
13. week Geocartographic projections on ellipsoidal datum
14. week Projections of world map systems
15. week Projections of Hungarian surveying and topographic maps
Recommended reading:
  • Bugayevskiy, L. M. - Snyder, J. P.: Map projections. Taylor & Francis 1995.
  • Hazay I.: Vetülettan. Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest 1964.
  • Karsay F.: Alkalmazott vetülettan Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest 1974.
  • Maling, D. H.: Coordinate Systems and Map projections. Pergamon Press, Oxford 1992.
  • Stegena L.: Vetülettan. Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest 1988.
  • Wagner, K.: Kartographische Netzentwürfe. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim 1962.
Detailed description of the subject (practice)
1. week Solving non-linear equations in projection calculations
2. week Determining polynomial roots in projection calculations
3. week Seven graticule rotational transformation
4. week Calculating the apex of an orthodrome
5. week Determining the auxiliary pole for an auxiliary equator crossing two points
6. week Oblique cylindrical projections
7. week Calculating auxiliary pole distance for auxiliary parallels crossing three points
8. week Calculating auxiliary pole distance for auxiliary parallels by spherics
9. week Determining auxiliary pole for auxiliary parallels
10. week Oblique conic projections
11. week Intersection of parallels with auxiliary parallels
12. week Intersection of parallels with auxiliary meridians
13. week Intersection of meridians with auxiliary meridians
14. week Intersection of meridians with auxiliary parallels
15. week Application for oblique graticules
Recommended reading:
  • Hazay I.: Vetülettan. Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest 1964.
  • Karsay F.: Alkalmazott Vetülettan Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest 1974.
  • Wagner, K.: Kartographische Netzentwürfe. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim 1962.
  • Wray, T.: The seven aspects of a general map projection. In: Cartographica. Monograph No. 11/1974.
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