The course objectives are in line with the bachelor degree ones, aiming to provide students with a strong command of both theoretical and applied economics topics. D1. Knowledge and understanding: at the end of the course, the student will acquire knowledge and understanding of digital mapping base concepts. D2. Applying knowledge and understanding: at the end of the course, the student will acquire the theoretical and methodological skills to understand the map management in a GIS environment. D3. Making judgements: at the end of the course, the student will be able to make critical and autonomous judgments regarding the topics dealt during the course. D4. Communication skills: at the end of the course, the student will be able to properly and clearly communicate issues relating digital Cartography, both orally and in writing. D5. Learning skills: the student will be able to use critically and autonomously geographical sources and bibliographical tools to improve his/her own knowledge and experience in order to build its own learning way throught an interdisciplinary perspective.

Only prerequisite required is the use of a pc operating system and main Office - related packages and SW (any platform: OS, Windows, Linux).

Mapping in a GIS environment: a short introduction. Cartographic reference systems How to fix a position on the map Datum. Global and local Datum (Italy) Mapping: how to transform a curved surface into a flat one Coordinate transformations in a GIS environment using an open source software (QGIS) In the second part the focus will be particularly on the potentials and technical limits of the most recent cartographic instruments and on the main evolutionary dynamics related to the use of the Internet (i.e., the virtual globes and Volunteered Geographic Information) The course is based also on lab activities using GIS software (QGIS) and other geographical platforms (i.e., Google Earth; MyMaps; Earth Studio). The course is linked to the GEP - Lab - Laboratory of Economic and Political Geography

Andrea Favretto Dalla Terra alla carta. Elementi di cartografia digitale Materials will be made available throughout the lessons and made available by means of the Moodle Platform: powerpoint presentations, data and video tutorials.

Mapping in a GIS environment: a short introduction. Cartographic reference systems How to fix a position on the map Datum. Global and local Datum (Italy) Mapping: how to transform a curved surface into a flat one Coordinate transformations in a GIS environment using an open source software (QGIS). Specific topics. GIS and Geographic Information Tools (GIS, GNSS, Remote Sensing). Characteristics of data in a GIS environment. Raster and Vector Data. Operations in a GIS enviroment. Query on attribute data, operations on spatial data. Cartography and thematica cartography. Representing Spatial phenomena in a GIS environment. Spatial Analysis in GIS and spatial analytical programmes. Operations on data: points, lines, areas, fields. Virtual globes, Internet GIS. WMS and WFS; Google Earth Studio and similar platforms for representing spatial data.

Lectures and computer exercises. External Seminars. Laboratory. Resources will be available on line. Seminars and lessons from external experts (sacademic and or professionals) will be organized (in presence / on line). Exercises and practical activities, in the BYOD - Bring Your Own Device – logic will be realized, with the set up on own devices (pc-laptops, etc.) of open source ad hoc software, as QGIS – latest versions. Some classes and exercises will be developed in blended mode, with the participation – remote and in presence – of external teachers and specialists.

Students with specific requirements (for example, those with disabilities, working students, athletes, mature students, students with children, prison inmates, and so on) who are temporarily or permanently unable to attend lectures in person, will be able to follow them on-line upon request to the instructor. The request should be sent via email to the person in charge well before the beginning of the course. The student will take full responsibility for the truthfulness of the reasons provided.

Individual project discussed in an oral examination. The exam is based on the viva voce presentation of the invididual project and then structured in a series of open questions based on the course topics. The first question argument is chosen by the student. The minimuim score to pass the exam is 18/30, the highest passing score is 30 cum laude. The exam score is given by an exam grade out in thirty, given by the arithmetic mean of the three grades (out in thirty).

This course deepen some topics connected to the following objectives of the 2030 Agenda for the sustainable development of the UN. Geography deals with the human-environment relationship. So, the concept of Sustainability is rooted into the geographical thought and therefore all the aspects of sustainability finds room into geographical courses