THEMATIC CARTOGRAPHY

Course Information
TitleΘΕΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΧΑΡΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ / THEMATIC CARTOGRAPHY
CodeΒ12
FacultyEngineering
SchoolRural and Surveying Engineering
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorChrysoula Boutoura
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID20000905
Class Information
Academic Year2024 – 2025
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours7
Class ID
600268024
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to: 1. Apply the basic principles by which thematic phenomena can be mapped from a wide range of applications of the human and natural environment. 2. Use of a number of different softwares of classification, elaboration and representation of big volume of thematic data on a map. 2. Compile digitally ready-to-print thematic maps according to the rules of the science of cartography, with the various software they use in the exercises of the course.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Subject of the course. Thematic phenomena and their classification. The scale in thematic maps. Rules for the graphic representation of thematic information. Collection, elaboration & processing, representation of thematic information. Symbolizing nominal, ordinal, numerical information. Types of thematic maps (choropleth, isoline, dot, cartograms). Correlation of thematic information. Synthesis rules and thematic map creation.
Keywords
Map, thematic map, classification and symbolization of phenomena, digital map composition
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • 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
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Seminars
Laboratory Work✓
Reading Assigment✓
Interactive Teaching in Information Center✓
Project✓
Exams✓
Total
Student Assessment
Description
Laboratory Exercises Project Written exams
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Labortatory Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Βιβλίο [11146]: Γενική χαρτογραφία και εισαγωγή στη θεματική χαρτογραφία, Λιβιεράτος Ευάγγελος
Additional bibliography for study
Oι παραδόσεις και ιστοσελίδες που αναρτώνται στην ιστοσελίδα του μαθήματος
Last Update
08-09-2025