Modern methods of use of geographic maps in field research for localisation of objects

• Authors: Andrzej Macioch

Abstracts

EN

In the paper the author described briefly modern technical possibilities of supporting the use of maps in field research and presented methods of map use in localisation of objects. In his description of the methods the author presented the differences in the approach to the problem depending on the features of the maps, both paper and digital ones. He also stressed the issue of adjustment of the features related to the cartometricity of the maps in use to the coordinate system in which the data reąuired for the field projects are obtained and processed.

Keywords

EN

field work; elements of mathematical basis; GPS; calibration; paper map; digital map; vector map; satellite receiver; geographic coordinates

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 297-304

Dates

published

2006

Contributors

author

Andrzej Macioch

• Chair of Cartography

translator

Małgorzata Mikulska

References

• C z a r n e c k i K., 1994, Geodezja współczesna w zarysie [Outline of Modern Geodesy; in Polish], Wydawnictwo Wiedza i Życie, Warszawa.
• L a m p a r s k i J., 2003, GPS w geodezji [GPS in Geodesy; in Polish], Gall s.c. O. Graca, M. Ziętek, Katowice

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2032524