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Terminated in academic year 2006/2007

Modeling of Terrain and Landscape

Type of study -
Language of instruction Czech
Code 548-0012/03
Abbreviation DMT
Course title Modeling of Terrain and Landscape
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator Fiktivní Uživatel

Course aims

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Define DMR
- Distinguish between individual DMR types
- Create DMR - choose suitable data, data model and method for DMR creation
- Evaluate DMR quality
- Specify and describe basic DMR analysis
- Apply most of the basic DMR analysis

Literature

FLORINSKY, I. V. Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology. 2016 Elsevier. 506 p. ISBN 978-0-12-804632-6 .
LI, Z., ZHU, Q., GOLD, Ch. Digital Terrain Modeling. Principles and Applications. CRC Press, 2005. 323 p. 0-415-32462-9. [Available Online].
WEIBEL, R. and HELLER, M. Digital Terrain Modelling. In Longley, A. P., Goodchild, M. F., Maguire. J. D., Rhind, D. V. Geographic Information Systems. Wiley. 1991, p. 269-297. [Available Online].
WILSON, J. P., GALLANT, J. C. Terrain Analysis. Principles and Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000. 479 p.

Advised literature

IMHOF, E. Cartographic Relief Presentation. ESRI Press. 2007. 379 p.
CHANG, K. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 2018. ISBN 978-1-259-92964-9 
KWAST, H., MENKE, K. QGIS for Hydrological Applications: Recipes for Catchment Hydrology and Water Management. Locate Press 2019. 168 p. ISBN-13: 978-0998547787.
XIONG L., TANG, G., YANG, X., LI, F. Geomorphology-oriented digital terrain analysis: Progress and perspectives. Journal of Geographical Science. Science Press Springer-Verlag, 2021, 31(3): 456-476. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-021-1853-9 [Available Online].


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