Short course on Cartometric Analysis and Numerical Modelling (Feb 16 - Apr 27) by Joaquim Alves Gasp
The aim of this short course is to introduce the cartometric methods of geometrical analysis and numerical modelling applicable to the study of old charts and maps. Although it is primarily meant for the MEDEA-CHART research team, all professors, researchers and students are welcome to attend. Lectures will be in English.
Six sessions of 90 minutes are initially scheduled for February 16 and 23 February, and March 2, 9, 16 and 23, at 10.30h, room 6.2.52 ( except the dates 6, 13, 20, 27 April - room 8.2.14) of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon. Additional sessions may be scheduled in the future. The main objective of project Medea-Chart (financed by the European Research Council) is to solve a series of crucial questions related to the origin, technical evolution and use of nautical charts during the Middle Ages and Early modern period.
Programme
Introduction to Geodesy and map projections
The Earth and its models.
Geographical coordinates
Geodetic networks
Map projections
Cartometric analysis and numerical modeling
Control points
Chart comparison and georreferencing
Scale measurements
Latitude and longitude assessment
Magnetic declination
Assessing courses and distances
Numerical modeling
Introduction to Map Analyst
Introduction to the Empirical Map Projections (EMP) model
Suggested Reading
Joaquim Alves Gaspar (2005), Cartas e Projecções Cartográficas, 3ª Edição (Lisboa: Lidel, Edições Técnicas, Chapters 1 and 2.
Joaquim Alves Gaspar (2010), From the Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean to the Latitude Chart of the Atlantic: cartometric Analysis and Modeling. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Chapter 3.
Bernhard Jenny (2006), ‘Map Analyst: a digital tool for the analysis of the planimetric accuracy of historical maps’. e-Perimetron, 1, 3, 239-245.
Bernhard Jenny, Adrian Weber & Lorenz Hurni (2010), ‘Visualizing the Planimetric Accuracy of Historical Maps with Map Analyst’. e-Perimetron, 42, 1, 89-94.
Joaquim Alves Gaspar (2011), ‘Using Empirical Map Projections for Modeling Early Nautical Charts’, in Anne Ruas (ed), Advances in Cartography and GIScience, Volume 2 (Berlin Heidelberg: Springer), 227-247.
