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Cartography I

Summary

Cartographic expression means (types, use, design und construction). Map´s Signs. Content elements of the map field. Geometric foundations of cartographic products. Cartographic interpretation of planimetric component of a map and hypsography, geonames and interpretive use of text. Cartographic generalization. Basic cartometric tasks. Principles of creation of thematic cartographic products. Official (state) map works of medium and small scale. Cartographic works as a product and condition of European integration.

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 p.

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 p.
VOŽENÍLEK, Vít: Cartography for GIS. Geovisualization and Map Communication. Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, 2005, 142 s., ISBN 80-244-1047-8 


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 544-0156
Abbreviation Kart I
Course title Cartography I
Coordinating department Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.