Terminated in academic year 2003/2004

Cartography

Type of study	-
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	544-0114/01
Abbreviation	Kart
Course title	Cartography
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator	Fiktivní Uživatel

Course aims

The student will master basic knowledge of theoretical cartography including mathematical cartography and cartographic informatics. He will be ready to create, critically evaluate and use various types of cartographic works. They will gain a basic overview of national and world cartographic works of middle and small scales.
Using digital technologies, he / she can create mock-ups, construction sheets and design of maps sign.

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.,

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