Topography

Course Information
TitleΤΟΠΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ / Topography
Code021Υ
FacultyAgriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment
SchoolForestry and Natural Environment
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CommonNo
StatusInactive
Course ID420000030

Class Information
Academic Year2020 – 2021
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours5
Class ID
600175610
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
  • German (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students will have acquired the following knowledge, skills or abilities (what they can do and by what means): 1) Familiarity with the handling of topographic instruments 2) Ability to calculate coordinates (in GGRS '87 - EGSA '87 -WGS '84, Hatt, UTM, etc. systems) 3) Ability to design topographic diagrams 4) Compilation of a topographic diagram with modern methods and means (use of Cad programs) The completion of the course is considered successful when the students, make Field Measurements, process them in corresponding software and give coordinates of two and three dimensional paper and draw topographic diagrams with contour finding and area measurement
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Topographical measurments standards, instruments, methods and calculations for horizontal, vertical and tachymetric survey.Plan drawing and area calculation. Clinometres. Distance measurement by electromagnetic method, GPS.
Keywords
Topography, cartographic land mapping, field tracking of open or closed dependent route
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Multimedia
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
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Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures39✓✓
Laboratory Work13✓✓
Fieldwork13✓✓
Internship16
Project40✓✓
Written assigments15✓✓
Exams14✓✓✓
Total150
Student Assessment
Description
Attendances Performance in laboratory exercises written examination
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
  • Labortatory Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1.Τοπογραφία Αγροτικών και Δασικών Περιοχών Συγγραφέας: Κ. Δούκας Εκδότης: Γιαχούδη ISBN: 960-7425-47-2 ΚΩΔΙΚΟΣ ΕΥΔΟΞΟΥ: 7953 2.Μαθήματα Τοπογραφίας Συγγραφέας: Ι. Κοφίτσας Εκδόσεις: Ιων, Αθήνα 1989. ISBN: 978-960-411-165-5 ΚΩΔΙΚΟΣ ΕΥΔΟΞΟΥ: 14844 3. Τοπογραφικοί υπολογισμοί και συνορθώσεις δικτύων Συγγραφείς: Α. Δερμάνης, Δ. Ρωσσικόπουλος, Α. Φωτίου, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ, 1993. ISBN: 960-431-208-1 ΚΩΔΙΚΟΣ ΕΥΔΟΞΟΥ: 11382
Additional bibliography for study
Τεχνική ορολογία σε Αγγλική και Γερμανική 1. Basic Principles of Topography Springer Geography) 1st ed. 2018 Edition,by Blagoja Markoski (Author),ISBN-13: 978-3319721460, ISBN-10: 3319721461 2. Recent Advances in Topography Research, Edited by Jan Buytaert, Nova Science Publishers Inc., UK ed.,ISBN-10: 1626188408, ISBN-13: 9781626188402 3. Topography & the Environment, By authors: Richard Huggett & Jo Cheesman,2002, Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, UK, ISBN-10:0582418577,ISBN-13:9780582418578
Last Update
24-09-2021