The course is 48 hours long (6 CFU) and iams to introduce students at the basis of cartography, especially at the usage of geographic information systems. During the course, traditional definitions and concepts of cartography will be provided (types of maps, scale, projection systems, etc.) as well as issues about digital cartography (rasters, vectors). Base knowledge of querying territorial information systems will be given, in order to edit a personal SIT. At the end of the course, the student has to be familiar with the main softwares of digital cartography, web GIS, and Web Map Service systems.