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Atlas “ARGENTINA 500K”

Atlas “ARGENTINA 500K”. Satellite Images and Topographic Maps of the Whole Country at 1: 500,000 scale. 8th ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop, 1-5 September 2012 OPC Taurewa, Tongariro National Park - New Zealand. SPECIAL FEATURES. MAIN OBJECTIVES: INNOVATE CARTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT

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Atlas “ARGENTINA 500K”

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  1. Atlas “ARGENTINA 500K” Satellite Images and Topographic Maps of the Whole Country at 1: 500,000 scale 8th ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop, 1-5 September 2012 OPC Taurewa, Tongariro National Park - New Zealand

  2. SPECIAL FEATURES • MAIN OBJECTIVES: • INNOVATE CARTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT • ALL NATIONAL TERRITORY (Practical Scale) • HIGH QUALITY and UPDATED INFORMATION • WEB SITE (with all maps available in digital format) • LOW PRICE

  3. TWO STATE AGENCIES WORK TOGETHER Responsabilities • CONAE (NationalCommissionforSpaceActivities) • SATELLITE IMAGES • DVD • NGI (NationalGeographicInstitute) • TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS • DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL • WEB SITE

  4. BOOK’S CONTENTS • INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION • CONAE • NGI • REFERENCES • Reference Signs • Geographic Environments • Provincial Counties or District Borders • MAPS at 1: 500,000 scale • Satellite images • Topographic Maps • DIPTIC MAP • Location Diagram • Contour Line Interval (3 differents intervals)

  5. MAKING MOSAICS

  6. SATELLITE IMAGERY MOSAICS

  7. TOPOGRAPHIC MAP MOSAICS

  8. BORDER INFORMATION Longitude Map Number Latitude Graphic Scale

  9. PROJECTIONSYSTEM • Original Information • SATELLITE IMAGES • GeographicCoordinates • TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS • Gauss Krugger, 7 CartographicStrips • Final Information • TransverseMercator • Central Meridian: 64° West • Scale Factor: 1.0000 • Datum: WGS84

  10. SIZE DIMENSIONS ElementHighWide BOOK 35 cm 30 cm SHEETS 35 cm 28 cm MAPS 34 cm 25 cm EDGES 1 cm (lower) 3 cm (inner) TERRAIN 170 km 125 km

  11. SATELLITE IMAGERY NATIONAL COMMISSION of SPACE ACTIVITIES Captured from: Satellite “SAC – C” made in Argentinia Satellital Mision: Metheorological Resolution: 175 meters

  12. TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

  13. DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL ORIGIN: SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission) RESOLUTION: 30 meters AZIMUTH: 345° HEIGHT HORIZON: 45° HYPSOMETRY: 16 colors (range: -100 to 7000 meters)

  14. TOURIST ACTIVITIES Fall – NauticalActivitie – Wintter Sport Hot Springs Adventure Sport – Touristic Train – Peregrination Place Cave – Rupestrian Art – PaleontologicalDiscovery Ruins – Place of HistoricInterest – ArquelogicalDiscovery

  15. ADDITIONS 1 - GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS

  16. 2 – PROVINCIAL COUNTIES or DISTRICT BORDERS

  17. RULER • USES: • RULER • SCALIMETER • IDENTIFICATION

  18. DVD • INCLUDED : • ALL MAPS • VIEWING PROGRAM • OFFERS: • NOTES • VECTORIZATION • SIGNS OVERLAPPING • LOCATION OF POINTS by COORDINATES • MEASUREMENTS (Areas/Distances) • CAPTURE of VIEWING in GRAPHIC FORMAT

  19. WEB SITE www.Argentina500k.com.ar • MAIN CARACTERISTICS: • ALL INFORMATION INCLUDED in the DVD • FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE INFORMATION

  20. THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES TUCUMÁN PROVINCE 100K SOUTHERN PATAGONIA 250K ARGENTINE ANTARCTICA 500K

  21. CONCLUSIONS THIS PROJECT IS A BETTER WAY TO CATCH THE ATTENTION AND INTEREST OF PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS. THE RESULT IS A PRODUCT THAT IN ARGENTINA HAS NEVER BEEN KNOWN BEFORE, LOW PRICE AND CARTOGRAPHY OF THE WHOLE NATIONAL TERRITORY AT A PRACTICAL SCALE.

  22. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL http://www.ign.gob.ar Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Carlos Osvaldo NELSON carlososnelson@yahoo.com.ar

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