OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT
(SURVEYING AND GEOINFORMATICS PROGRAMME)

HARMATTAN SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2016/2017 SESSION

Course Code: SVG 209 Title: Fundamental Cartography Time Allowed: 2 Hours

Instruction: Answer Question 1 and any other two.

1. (a) You have been called upon to carry out a cadastral survey for a property said to belong to
Dr. Gabriel Akingbola of Onaolapo Family Compound Moore Ile-Ife; located at off Parakin
Road Eleyele, Ile-Ife.
Briefly describe how you will present the result of your survey plan using scale 1:500

Station Bearing Distance

SC/ OS 1308 24O 001 30.41m
SC/ OS 1309 1100 49I 36.34m
SC/ OS 1310 2020 16I 27.31m
SC/ OS 1311 2460 42I 4.45m
SC/ OS 1312 2900 52I 34.13m

Given the coordinates of SC/ OS 1308 to be 664714.172mE and 830070.112mN.

Use the cross coordinates method to calculate the area of your survey (15marks)

(b) What is the relationship between GIS and cartography (5marks)

2 (a) What fundamental problems would a cartographer encounter in map production? (5marks)
(b) All maps are concerned with two elements of reality; Locations and Attributes. Discuss. (15
marks)

3 (a) What is a coordinate system? (5marks)

(b) Discuss the scale measurement used for data classification (15 marks)
4 (a) Describe the functions of map (5 marks)

(b) Discuss the grid methods of map referencing (15 marks)

5. Describe the assumptions and procedures of methodologies of area computation under the following
headings:
i. Simpson
ii. Trapezoidal
iii. Cross coordinates
iv. Double latitude and single departure (20 marks)

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