Cartography (undergraduate)

The undergraduate course in cartography conveys scientific and practical basic knowledge for the acquisition and processing of geodata and their visualization using cartographic methods and tools and leads to a first professional university degree.

Compulsory modules (exemplary):

• Business administration
• Introduction to Computer Science
• Remote sensing cartography
• Photography and image editing
• GeoApp development
• Geospatial databases
• Geodetic object detection
• Geography and geoecology
• Geology and geomorphology
• Design principles and communication
• Maps and GIS
• Card production
• Layout and printing
• Mathematics
• Mathematical and scientific applications
• Software development

Elective modules (exemplary):

• Use of remote sensing and GIS in natural and environmental disasters
• Interactive 3D visualization
• (Cartographic) information graphics
• UAV photogrammetry and laser scanning

Practical course content:

• Depending on the university, internships, practical modules, practical semesters (e.g. in cartographic publishers, engineering offices, with software developers for geographic applications or authorities), excursions