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GEP 199: Cartography and Graphic Presentation I.
6 hours (2, lecture; 4, lab), 4 credits. Use of drawing instruments; free-hand and mechanical lettering in the construction of maps, diagrams, graphs, and charts. Elements of distance, direction, and position. Study of map projections and their use; construction of some simpler projections. Methods of enlarging and reducing maps; drawing of profiles and traverse made by students in the field. Practice in the transformation of data of various kinds into effective types of charts and graphs.
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