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Cartography I

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Course Unit Code544-0156/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PLA0093RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.
Summary
Cartographic expression means (types, use, design und construction). Map´s Signs. Content elements of the map field. Geometric foundations of cartographic products. Cartographic interpretation of planimetric component of a map and hypsography, geonames and interpretive use of text. Cartographic generalization. Basic cartometric tasks. Principles of creation of thematic cartographic products. Official (state) map works of medium and small scale. Cartographic works as a product and condition of European integration.
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 science discipline (internal structure, subject of interest).
2. Geometric foundations of cartographic works and cartographic displays.
3. Elements of map field content.
4. Cartographic language, types and creation of cartographic characters, map sign.
5. Methods of cartographic interpretation of the planimetry.
6. Methods of cartographic interpretation of the hypsography.
7. Interpretative use of text, geonyma.
8. Methods of cartographic generalization.
9. Fundamentals and principles of cartographic production and production.
10. Basic cartometric tasks, map accuracy.
11. Principles of creation of thematic cartographic works, (national) thematic maps and atlases.
12 Vector and raster presentation of cartographic works, cartographic work as the basis of GIS.
13. Official (state) maps of medium and large scale (national, European).
14. National geodatabase systems.
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 p.
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 p.
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
PRAVDA Ján: Stručný lexikon kartografie. Bratislava. Veda, 2003, 326 s., ISBN 80-224-0763-1
VOŽENÍLEK, Vít: Cartography for GIS. Geovisualization and Map Communication. Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, 2005, 142 s., ISBN 80-244-1047-8

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