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Digital Cartography

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 548-0131/01
Abbreviation DIKA
Course title Digital Cartography
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Igor Ivan, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to thematic digital cartography, kinds of map, topographic cartography, thematic map, thematic mapping, uses of thematic map.
2. Fundamentals of mathematical cartography.
3. Content of thematic map and map composition.
4. Language of map, cartography semiology, map legend, legend design.
5. Descriptive statistics, statistic data classification.
6. Principles of using colours in thematic maps.
7. Qualitative and quantitative methods of thematic mapping.
8. Thematic map lettering.
9. Classification of thematic map. State maps and thematic state maps of Czech Republic.
10. Digital cartography, spatial data visualization.
11. Visualization of bivariate data.
12. Electronic publishing of maps and atlases. Cartographical possibilities of GeoWeb technology.
13. Introduction to visualization of spatio-temporal data.

Literature

- Dent, B. D.; Torguson, J. S.; Hodler, T. W.: Cartography Thematic Map Design. WCB/McGraw-Hill, 6th ed., 2008, ISBN 978-0-07-294382-5.
- Peterson, G. N.: GIS Cartography A Guide to Effective Map Design. CRC Press, 2nd edition, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-4822-2067-4 .
- Kraak, M-J., Ormeling, F.: Cartography: Visualization of Geospatial Data. CRC Press; 4th Edition, 2020,
- Brewer, C. A.: Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users. Esri Press; Second Edition, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-5894-8440-5 .

Advised literature

- Slocum, T. A., McMaster, R. B., Kessler, F. C., Howard, H. H.: Thematic Cartography and Geovisualization. Pearson, 3rd Edition, 2008, ISBN 978-0-1322-9834-6.
- Monmonier, M.: How to Lie with Maps. University of Chicago Press, 3rd Edition, 2018, 978-0-2264-3592-3.
- Peterson, G. N.: Cartographer's Toolkit: Colors, Typography, Patterns. PetersonGIS, 2012, 978-0-6154-6794-8.
- Longley P. A., Goodchild, M. F., Maguire, D. J., Rhind, D. W.:Geographic Information Science and Systems. Wiley; 4th Edition, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-1186-7695-0 .


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