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Cartography

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Course Unit Code544-0114/07
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PLA0093RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.
Summary
Means of map representation (types, use, design and construction). Assigning meaning to a graphics unit. Content elements of the map face. Geometric basics of cartographic works. Cartographic representation of planimetry and altimetry, geonyms and cartographic meaning of the text. Cartographic generalization. Basic tasks of cartometry. Principles of creation of thematic cartographic works. Official (state) map works of medium and small scales. Cartographic informatics and its role in geoinformatics / geomatics. Cartographic works as a product and condition of European integration. World cartographic works.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The student will master basic knowledge of theoretical cartography including mathematical cartography and cartographic informatics. He will be ready to create, critically evaluate and use various types of cartographic works. They will gain a basic overview of national and world cartographic works of middle and small scales.
Using digital technologies, he / she can create mock-ups, construction sheets and design of maps sign.
Course Contents
1. Cartography as a scientific discipline (internal structure, subject of interest).
2. Geometric basics of cartographic works, map projections.
3. Content elements of map face.
4. Map language, types and creation of cartographic signs, map symbology, sign sets.
5. Methods of cartographic representation planimetric component of a map.
6. Methods of cartographic representation of altimetry.
7. Methods of cartographic representation of text. Geonyms.
8. Methods of cartographic generalization.
9. Basic tasks of cartometry, maps accuracy.
10. World and European cartographic works.
11. Czechoslovak / Czech cartographic works from 1918 - 1992.
12. State maps of the Czech Republic of medium and small scales.
13. National geodatabase systems.
14. National and world atlases and important thematic cartographic works.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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 s.
VEVERKA, Bohuslav, ZIMOVÁ, Růžena: Topografická a tematická kartografie. Praha: ČVUT, 2008, 198 s.
VOŽENÍLEK, Vít., KAŇOK, Jaromír: Metody tematické kartografie - Vizualizace prostorových jevů. Olomouc: UP, 2011, 216 s.
BUCHAR, Petr. Matematická kartografie. 3., přeprac. vyd., Praha: Nakladatelství ČVUT, 2007, 197 s.
KRAAK, Menno-Jan, ORMELING, Ferjan: Cartography: Visualisation of Spatial Data. 3. vyd. (přepracované, dotisk), Routledge, 2013, 204 s.
Recommended Reading:
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 s.
VOŽENÍLEK, Vít: Cartography for GIS. Geovisualization and Map Communication. Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, 2005, 142 s., ISBN 80-244-1047-8
PRAVDA Ján, KOLLÁROVA, Anna: Základy koncepcie mapového jazyka. Bratislava: GÚ SAV 199, 168 s
PRAVDA Ján: Stručný lexikon kartografie. Bratislava. Veda, 2003, 326 s.
VOŽENÍLEK, Vít: Cartography for GIS. Geovisualization and Map Communication. Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, 2005, 142 s.
SNYDER, John Parr: An album of map projections. Second printing, U.S.Geological Survey professional Paper 1453, 1994, 262 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