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Cartography II

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Course Unit Code544-0157/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PLA0093RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.
Summary
Editing and designing of analogue and digital cartographic works, planar and spatial. Methods of creating of map compilation manuscript and essential technological procedures for preparing their publication. Basic orientation in digital national and world cartographic products and data collections, including the SDI / INSPIRE and CORINE databases. Orientation knowledge of national legislation in cartographic production. History and Present of Analog and Digital Printing Techniques.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The student will acquire basic theoretical knowledge of cartographic production and production of analogue and digital cartographic works on the background of current printing and typographic technologies. He will get a basic overview of national and world digital cartographic works.
By using digital technology can easily create publishing original of topographic/thematic maps.
Course Contents
1. Editorial work and design in the creation and production of cartographic works.
2. Creation of compilation and publishing originals of planar and spatial cartographic works.
3. Copying and copying procedures.
4. Types of printing, offset printing technology.
5. Color theory, their use in cartography.
6. Processing of tone and text templates for printing.
7. Digital technology of cartographic production and digital printing.
8. Post-print work, bookbinding of maps and atlases.
9. Hardware and software security for cartographic production and production.
10. INSPIRE (SDI).
11. World, European and national cartographic displays (links to elevation and positional systems).
12. National and world digital cartographic works and data collections.
13. Archiving and evaluation of cartographic works.
14. Legislation in cartographic production and production.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KRAAK, Menno-Jan, ORMELING, Ferjan: Cartography: Visualisation of Geospatial Data. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2003, ISBN 978-0-1308-8890-7
MIKŠOVSKÝ, Miroslav: Kartografická polygrafie a reprografie 10. Praha: ČVUT, 1999, ISBN 80-01-01989-6
VOŽENÍLEK, Vít., KAŇOK, Josef: Metody tematické kartografie - Vizualizace prostorových jevů. Olomouc: UP, 2011
BANN, David: Polygrafická příručka. Bratislava: Slovart, 2008, 224 s.
FIELD Kenneth: Cartography. 1. vyd., Esri Press, 2018, 576 s.
Recommended Reading:
SLOCUM, Terry A, McMASTER, Robert B., KESSLER, Fritz C., HOWARD, Hugh H.: Thematic Cartography and Geovisualization. 3. vyd., New Jersey, Pearson Education, 2008, 576 s.
SAMARA, Timothy: Grafický design. Základní pravidla a způsoby jejich porušování. Bratislava: Slovart, 2008, ISBN 978-80-7391-030-3
DENT Borden, TORGUSON Jeff, HODLER Thomas: Cartography: Thematic Map Design. 6. vyd., McGraw-Hill Education, 2008, 368 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34