Cartography: training, courses, offers and providers

Cartography deals with the representation of the earth's surface. This science depicts the earth's surface visually on maps, either digitally or in analog form. The most banal form is the representation of a delimited space on a map. Cartographers, the producers of such media, thus visualize spatial geoinformation, produce maps and can identify maps.

Data collection is a fundamental activity in cartography. Spaces must be defined and delimited. Digital tools and aerial photographs are used to collect geodata for later use in mapping. Another important task of this science is the miniaturized representation of complex information (scale). Cartographers also deal with three-dimensionality. The representation of three-dimensional surfaces, which are also curved due to the earth's curvature, is a science in itself.

The CAS in Soil Mapping is one of the continuing education courses offered in this area. This course is aimed at people who have a university degree as well as specialists from administration and private offices. It is divided into three modules:

• Practical soil assessment and data management
• Soil mapping and sampling
• CAS thesis

If you would like to know more about this certificate course, please contact the respective university directly and ask for comprehensive information documents on the cartography course.