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Cartographic creation and reproduction

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Course Unit Code544-0172/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 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
History and present of analog and digital printing techniques. Editing and designing of analogue and digital cartographic works, methods of creating of map compilation manuscripts and basic technological procedures of their publishing. Legislation in cartographic creation and production. Copyright of cartographic works. An important part is orientation in national and world digital cartographic works and data funds, including the EU INSPIRE initiative.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The student will acquire basic theoretical knowledge of cartographic creation and production of analogue and digital cartographic works on the background of contemporary printing and typographic technologies. He / she will gain a basic overview of standardization in cartographic informatics, legislation in cartographic creation and production, including of copyright to cartographic works. He / she will get acquainted with selected national and world digital cartographic works and data funds and with the EU INSPIRE initiative.
By using digital technology can he /she create topographic or thematic maps compilation manuscript.
Course Contents
1. Editorial work and design in the creation and production of cartographic works.
2. Creation of map compilation manuscripts of planar and spatial cartographic works.
3. 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 technology of digital map printing.
8. Post-print work, bookbinding of maps and atlases.
9. Hardware and software for cartographic creation and cartographic production.
10. INSPIRE (SDI).
11. Standardization in cartographic informatics.
12. National and world digital cartographic works and data funds.
13. Archiving and evaluation of cartographic works.
14. Legislation in cartographic creation and production, copyright to cartographic works.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KRAAK, Menno-Jan, ORMELING, Ferjan: Cartography: Visualisation of Geospatial Data. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2003
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.
KRAAK, Menno-Jan, ORMELING, Ferjan: Cartography: Visualisation of Geospatial Data. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2003
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.
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