2025/2026

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TERRITORIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
# Basic premise and definitions
# What is a SIT
# What is a map
# Earth shape: sphere, ellipsoid, geoid
# Coordinate system: Latitude, Longitude and Cartesian system
# Global, local reference systems and map projections
# Numeric and graphic scales
# Types of cartography
# Forms of digital representation: vectors and rasters
# Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Territorial Information Systems (SIT)
# SIT Applications
# Introduction to GIS applications: functions and potential
# Components of a GIS
# Presentation of the main online cartographic product visualization software
# Web Map Service (WMS) reference map services
# Google Earth: Basic and advanced features

• THE QGIS SOFTWARE
# Introduction
# The display environment: the graphics desktop and the main functions
# The main plug-ins
# Introduction to Vector and Raster Models
# Vector and raster data editing
# Managing and editing attribute tables
# Processing and cartographic restitution of thematisms

Lecturer's handouts

Not mandatory

Written test with multiple choice or open-ended questions

    Federico VESSELLA