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Terminated in academic year 2007/2008
Cartography
| Type of study | Follow-up Master |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 544-0114/06 |
| Abbreviation | Kart |
| Course title | Cartography |
| Credits | 4 |
| Coordinating department | Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying |
| Course coordinator | doc. Ing. Juraj Gašinec, PhD. |
Subject syllabus
1. Cartography, structure and relations to other fields, cartographic works, distributions of maps
2. Basic concepts, azimuthal projection, other azimuthal views.
3. Cylindrical projection - common characteristics, Marinov, Mercator,
Lambert, other cylindrical projections.
4.Cone projection - common characteristics, Ptolemy, Lambert,
conformal.
5. False projections - pseudo-azimuthal, pseudo-cylindrical, pseudo-cone
projection.
6. Other projections - polyconical, polyedric and not classified.
7. Ellipsoid on a sphere - projection, coordinates conservation, conformal and other projections.
8. Cartographic projection for geodetic purposes - used in the Czech republic,
proposed for Czechoslovakia, CR
9. Map projection for geodetic purposes - used abroad.
10. Mathematical cartography problems - identification and selection of projection, general
mathematical theory of cartography.
11. Cartographic interpretation - relationship between tag and situation in real,
cartographic interpretation, point, line, areal tags.
12. Cartographic Interpretation of thematic maps - cartograms,
cartodiagrams, dot method, isoline, anamorphosis
13. Cartographic generalization - the nature, factors, methods, automatic
generalization
14. Topographic map content - the basic elements of planimetric, planimetric representation.
15. Interpretation of relief - topographic surface, method of representation
elevation
16. Description of maps - the standardization of geographic nomenclature, graphical elaboration, description of placement.
17. Cartographic design - design, creation of original.
18. Cartographic printing - the printing, the color maps, color printing
19. Cartometry - measuring distances, angles, areas and determining the coordinates
geographic maps
20. Problem solving on maps - determining the morphometric characteristics
visibility, line of constant slope, center of territory.
21. History of cartography - the development of European cartography, our oldest maps.
22. The current Czech map works - large scale maps, ZM, TM, thematic
maps,atlases.
23. World map works - the state of mapping the Earth, the international map works,
international organizations
24. Globes - classification, history, production
25. Other cartographic works - atlases, relief maps, tyflocartography
26. Future of cartography - cartography current challenges, opportunities of
cartography, trends, digital map formats, options, benefits and restrictions, DMT
1. Calculations on a sphere, spherical triangle, ortodroma (Task 1)
2. Azimuthal and cylindrical projection, rhumb line - calculations (2nd task)
3. Cone and false views - calculations
4. Proposal of cartographic view (3rd task)
5. Change view - Redraw
6. Design and evaluation of list of symbols (4th task)
7. Generalization
8. Cartographic typography (5th task)
9. Font - a rate schedule for a font (6th task)
10. Morphometric characteristics
11. Map evaluation.
12. Discussion about cartography and maps
13. TEST
14. Final Workout - Credits
2. Basic concepts, azimuthal projection, other azimuthal views.
3. Cylindrical projection - common characteristics, Marinov, Mercator,
Lambert, other cylindrical projections.
4.Cone projection - common characteristics, Ptolemy, Lambert,
conformal.
5. False projections - pseudo-azimuthal, pseudo-cylindrical, pseudo-cone
projection.
6. Other projections - polyconical, polyedric and not classified.
7. Ellipsoid on a sphere - projection, coordinates conservation, conformal and other projections.
8. Cartographic projection for geodetic purposes - used in the Czech republic,
proposed for Czechoslovakia, CR
9. Map projection for geodetic purposes - used abroad.
10. Mathematical cartography problems - identification and selection of projection, general
mathematical theory of cartography.
11. Cartographic interpretation - relationship between tag and situation in real,
cartographic interpretation, point, line, areal tags.
12. Cartographic Interpretation of thematic maps - cartograms,
cartodiagrams, dot method, isoline, anamorphosis
13. Cartographic generalization - the nature, factors, methods, automatic
generalization
14. Topographic map content - the basic elements of planimetric, planimetric representation.
15. Interpretation of relief - topographic surface, method of representation
elevation
16. Description of maps - the standardization of geographic nomenclature, graphical elaboration, description of placement.
17. Cartographic design - design, creation of original.
18. Cartographic printing - the printing, the color maps, color printing
19. Cartometry - measuring distances, angles, areas and determining the coordinates
geographic maps
20. Problem solving on maps - determining the morphometric characteristics
visibility, line of constant slope, center of territory.
21. History of cartography - the development of European cartography, our oldest maps.
22. The current Czech map works - large scale maps, ZM, TM, thematic
maps,atlases.
23. World map works - the state of mapping the Earth, the international map works,
international organizations
24. Globes - classification, history, production
25. Other cartographic works - atlases, relief maps, tyflocartography
26. Future of cartography - cartography current challenges, opportunities of
cartography, trends, digital map formats, options, benefits and restrictions, DMT
1. Calculations on a sphere, spherical triangle, ortodroma (Task 1)
2. Azimuthal and cylindrical projection, rhumb line - calculations (2nd task)
3. Cone and false views - calculations
4. Proposal of cartographic view (3rd task)
5. Change view - Redraw
6. Design and evaluation of list of symbols (4th task)
7. Generalization
8. Cartographic typography (5th task)
9. Font - a rate schedule for a font (6th task)
10. Morphometric characteristics
11. Map evaluation.
12. Discussion about cartography and maps
13. TEST
14. Final Workout - Credits
Literature
Advised literature
KRAAK, M. J. a ORMELING, F. J. Cartography: visualization of spatial data. 3rd ed. New York: Guilford Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-60918-193-2.
PETERSON, Gretchen N. GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4822-2067-4.
RANKIN, William. Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World. New York: Viking, 2025. ISBN 978-0-5255-5979-5 .
MAUNE, David F. a Amar NAYEGANDHI, eds. Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual. 3rd ed. Bethesda, MD: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2018. ISBN 978-1-57083-102-7.
PETERSON, Gretchen N. GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4822-2067-4.
RANKIN, William. Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World. New York: Viking, 2025. ISBN 978-0-5255-5979-5 .
MAUNE, David F. a Amar NAYEGANDHI, eds. Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual. 3rd ed. Bethesda, MD: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2018. ISBN 978-1-57083-102-7.