544-0114/04 – Cartography (Kart)
Gurantor department | Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Jan Kostelecký, DrSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2014/2015 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
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.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
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.
Compulsory literature:
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.
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Follow-up tasks in the exercise.
E-learning
Other requirements
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Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Cartography, structure and relations to other fields, cartographic works, distributions of maps
2. Basic concepts, azimuthal projection, other azimuthal views.
3. Cylindrical projection - common characteristics, Marinov, Mercator,
Lambert, other cylindrical projections.
4.Cone projection - common characteristics, Ptolemy, Lambert,
conformal.
5. False projections - pseudo-azimuthal, pseudo-cylindrical, pseudo-cone
projection.
6. Other projections - polyconical, polyedric and not classified.
7. Ellipsoid on a sphere - projection, coordinates conservation, conformal and other projections.
8. Cartographic projection for geodetic purposes - used in the Czech republic,
proposed for Czechoslovakia, CR
9. Map projection for geodetic purposes - used abroad.
10. Mathematical cartography problems - identification and selection of projection, general
mathematical theory of cartography.
11. Cartographic interpretation - relationship between tag and situation in real,
cartographic interpretation, point, line, areal tags.
12. Cartographic Interpretation of thematic maps - cartograms,
cartodiagrams, dot method, isoline, anamorphosis
13. Cartographic generalization - the nature, factors, methods, automatic
generalization
14. Topographic map content - the basic elements of planimetric, planimetric representation.
15. Interpretation of relief - topographic surface, method of representation
elevation
16. Description of maps - the standardization of geographic nomenclature, graphical elaboration, description of placement.
17. Cartographic design - design, creation of original.
18. Cartographic printing - the printing, the color maps, color printing
19. Cartometry - measuring distances, angles, areas and determining the coordinates
geographic maps
20. Problem solving on maps - determining the morphometric characteristics
visibility, line of constant slope, center of territory.
21. History of cartography - the development of European cartography, our oldest maps.
22. The current Czech map works - large scale maps, ZM, TM, thematic
maps,atlases.
23. World map works - the state of mapping the Earth, the international map works,
international organizations
24. Globes - classification, history, production
25. Other cartographic works - atlases, relief maps, tyflocartography
26. Future of cartography - cartography current challenges, opportunities of
cartography, trends, digital map formats, options, benefits and restrictions, DMT
1. Calculations on a sphere, spherical triangle, ortodroma (Task 1)
2. Azimuthal and cylindrical projection, rhumb line - calculations (2nd task)
3. Cone and false views - calculations
4. Proposal of cartographic view (3rd task)
5. Change view - Redraw
6. Design and evaluation of list of symbols (4th task)
7. Generalization
8. Cartographic typography (5th task)
9. Font - a rate schedule for a font (6th task)
10. Morphometric characteristics
11. Map evaluation.
12. Discussion about cartography and maps
13. TEST
14. Final Workout - Credits
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