Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

SVG 403 — Map Projection

SVG department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

After the completion of this course, students should be able to:
identify physical and mathematical representation of earth’s surface
explain the theory, uses of map projection and various map projection systems
discuss the concept and characteristics of NTM and UTM; and
transform coordinates from Geographic to NTM, UTM and vice versa

Course contents

Basic concept, theory and uses of map projection. Representation of the earth's surface by physical and mathematical figures. Geometry of the ellipse and reference ellipsoids. Coordinate systems (Cartesians, spherical and ellipsoidal), Computations on spherical and ellipsoidal surfaces.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study SVG 403.

SVG 403 — Map Projection

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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