- International Fees
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course Overview
This course covers a broad range of techniques and products currently used in the field of digital mapping. It provides training in the application of photogrammetry with an emphasis on project planning and management. Topics include mapping project design; digital data capture, editing, and terrain modeling; cartographic presentation; orthophoto production; and project planning and management. Students learn the topics through lectures and hands-on labs.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Map Compilation and Processing
- Critique the differences between digital and film aerial cameras.
- Perform orientations to create a stereo model.
- Assemble planimetric and DEM data for a mapping project using a softcopy workstation.
- Differentiate mapping devices and list their advantages and disadvantages.
- Investigate the type of photography, flying height and focal length to achieve optimal efficiencies and accuracy for a given mapping project.
- Design targets and layouts for different photo scales.
Orthophoto Production
- Contrast the different image formats used by industry.
- Author an orthophoto using raw scans, ground control and a digital elevation model.
- Appraise the types of problems found in modern orthophoto production and judge how these problems can be overcome.
Mapping Project Design, Planning and Management
- Advise a client on the types of systems, techniques and products that would be most effective in achieving their mapping requirements, given a set of project specifications.
- Design a mapping project based on achieving a set of given product and accuracy criteria.
New Technologies in Photogrammetric Industry
- Assemble data using terrestrial photogrammetry.
- Examine different mobile mapping systems.
- Design a UAS mapping mission given certain criteria, and process UAS imagery to generate the requested product.
- Contrast different terrain surface representation techniques and DEM applications.
Effective as of Winter 2025
Related Programs
Advanced Photogrammetry (GEOM 6165) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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School of Construction and the Environment
- Geomatics
Bachelor of Science Full-time
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