Faculty of Mining and Geology

Geodesy and Cartography

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Name of Lecturer(s)	Personal ID	Name
Course Unit Code	544-0006/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated	5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *	Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *	Second Cycle
Year of Study *	First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is delivered	Winter Semester
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Language of Instruction	Czech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites	There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
	SLA40	doc. Ing. Dana Vrublová, Ph.D.
	STA73	prof. Ing. Hana Staňková, Ph.D.
	KAP74	doc. Ing. Roman Kapica, Ph.D.
	DAN155	Ing. Rostislav Dandoš, Ph.D.
Summary
Subject of Geodesy and Cartography deals with positional and altitude measurement, geodetic minor controls and principles of selected map projection.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the principles of selected map projection and geodetic measurements.
Course Contents
Lectures: 1st Geodetic CR - position and height 2nd Basics of cartography and cartographic display 3rd Coordinate and height systems in the CR 4th Basic theory of errors and adjustment 5th Basic calculations in the grid, intersection ahead - resection 6th Traverse - types, methods of compensation 7th Transformation of coordinates (linear space) 8th Cartographic work - the definition of the map features maps, maps by sorting criteria 9th Cartographic interpretation - mark (point, line, areal), cartograms, cartographs, isolines 10th Cartographic generalization - the nature, factors, methods 11th Topographic map content - the basic elements of planimetry, planimetric representation 12th Interpretation of relief - surface topography, elevation representation method 13th Description of maps - the standardization of geographic nomenclature, graphical page description 14th Cartographic - measuring distances, angles, areas and determine coordinates on maps 15th Modern geodetic instrumentation Exercise: 1st Working with the map - of map sheets 2nd Applications with the database and trigonometric leveling points 3rd The basic task of balancing theory and error 4th Coordinate calculation - calculating the length and signposts 5th Coordinate calculations - the calculation of the intersection ahead 6th Coordinate calculations - the calculation of the Traverse 7th Coordinate transformation 8th Classification of features Map 9th Cartographic generalization 10th Cartographic - basic tasks on the maps 11th Problem solving on maps - longitudinal profile of the terrain 12th Cartographs processing, processing of the cartogram
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
WHYTE, W.; PAUL R.: Basic Surveying, 4 th. edition, Butterworth - Heinemann, Oxford, 1997
Kubečka, E.: Geodézie a důlní měřictví, skripta VŠB-TU Ostrava Schenk, J.: Geodézie, skripta VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2005, 135 str. Mikulenka, V. Základní souřadnicové úlohy, VŠB-TU Ostrava 2002, http://igdm.vsb.cz Sládková, D. Měření úhlů, směrů a rektifikace, VŠB-TU Ostrava 2002, http://igdm.vsb.cz Mazalová, J. Měření délek a komparace měřidel a dálkoměrů, VŠB-TU Ostrava 2002, http://igdm.vsb.cz Sládková, D. Měření výšek, VŠB-TU Ostrava 2002, http://igdm.vsb.cz
Recommended Reading:
ROY, S.K.: Fundamentals of Surveying, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2004
Hojovec, V.: kartografie, Geodetický a kartografický podnik Praha 1987 - vybrané kapitoly James R.Smith.: Introduction to Geodesy. 1997 John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Vitásek,J Nevosád,Z. : Geodézie I,učební texty VUT Brno. CERM Brno, 1999, 87str. Vitásek,J Nevosád,Z. : Geodézie II,učební texty VUT Brno. CERM Brno, 1999, 87str. Vitásek,J Nevosád,Z. : Geodézie III,učební texty VUT Brno. CERM Brno, 2000,140str.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task Title	Task Type		Maximum Number of Points (Act. for Subtasks)	Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and Examination	Credit and Examination		100 (100)	51
Exercises evaluation	Credit		33 (33)	17
Project	Project		33	17
Examination	Examination		67 (67)	34
Written examination	Written examination		33	17
Oral	Oral examination		34	17