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Cartography

Summary

Means of map representation (types, use, design and construction). Assigning meaning to a graphics unit. Content elements of the map face. Geometric basics of cartographic works. Cartographic representation of planimetry and altimetry, geonyms and cartographic meaning of the text. Cartographic generalization. Basic tasks of cartometry. Principles of creation of thematic cartographic works. Official (state) map works of medium and small scales. Cartographic informatics and its role in geoinformatics / geomatics. Cartographic works as a product and condition of European integration. World cartographic works.

Literature

SLOCUM,T.A.; McMASTER,R.B.; KESSLER,F.C.; HOWARD,H.H.: Thematic Cartography and Geovisualization: International Edition. 3. vyd., Pearson Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, Inc., New Jersey 2008, 576 s.

Advised literature

HAKE, Günter, GRŰNREICH, Dietmar, MENG, Liqiu: Kartographie: Visualisierung raum-zeitlicher Informationen (De Gruyter Lehrbuch). 8. ilustr. vyd., Berlin-New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2013, 617 s.
SNYDER, John Parr: An album of map projections. Second printing, U.S.Geological Survey professional Paper 1453, 1994, 262 s.
VOŽENÍLEK, Vít: Cartography for GIS. Geovisualization and Map Communication. Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, 2005, 142 s., ISBN 80-244-1047-8 


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, angličtina, čeština
Code 544-0114
Abbreviation Kart
Course title Cartography
Coordinating department Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.