Sistema de mapas geográficos de Moçambique

Abstract

This work aims to create a system for the production of geographic maps of Mozambique. The basic idea is to produce computer maps from maps on paper. The objective of this work is to make geographic maps of Mozambique available through the computer, using computer graphics programming techniques. In this work the paper maps are digitalized (i.e. the paper maps are converted to computer files); then an algorithm is defined for the production of maps on the computer and an application is created for this purpose. The application produces maps based on the scanned information saved in flat files. The first part of the work is concerned with reviewing the basic concepts to be used throughout the work. As a final part, the data is digitalized, the mapping algorithm is created and the coding is done using the TURBO PASCAL programming language version 7.0. As a result of the study we have an application that produces maps related to the following themes: population, transports, industry, geology, forests, fisheries and tourism.