544-0181/01 – Historical Maps (HM)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Geodesy and Mine SurveyingCredits5
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Pavel Černota, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Pavel Černota, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
Year1Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2020/2021Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master, Bachelor
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CER51 doc. Ing. Pavel Černota, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 28+28

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Development of cartography, geodesy and their products, instruments, tools, but mainly working methods individual civilization centers and in relation to other scientific, technical, cultural and other activities of the society. Development of institutionalization of geodetic and cartographic services. Participation of Czech technicians in the development of instruments and aids for geodetic and cartographic works. History of geodetic and mapping works in the territory of the state. Old and historical maps and atlases.

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Summary

Development of cartography, geodesy and their products, instruments, tools, but mainly working methods individual civilization centers and in relation to other scientific, technical, cultural and other activities of the society. Development of institutionalization of geodetic and cartographic services. Participation of Czech technicians in the development of instruments and aids for geodetic and cartographic works. History of geodetic and mapping works in the territory of the state. Old and historical maps and atlases.

Compulsory literature:

BLACK, J.: Vision of the world: a history of maps. MITCH 2006, 176 s. ISBN 978-1840008340

Recommended literature:

LEWIS, M. J. T.: Surveying Instruments of Greece and Rome. Cambridge University Press, 2001, 389 s. ISBN 9780521792974

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Knowledge are checked during the semester by a semester project and presentations in MS PowerPoint. The course is completed by an examination, which may be scheduled having gained the initial credit. The examination is divided into a written and oral part.

E-learning

Other requirements

The study recommended literature. Complete the projects and written test to checking the knowledge in the professional literature, the content of lectures and exercises.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Prehistory and antiquity in geodesy and cartography. 2. The Middle Ages in cartography (church, maritime, non-European cartography; cosmography). 3. Discovering travels and travelers, important geodetic personalities and expeditions. 4. Renaissance and Reformation in geodesy and cartography. 5. Old and historical instruments and aids for measurement of basic geodetic quantities and for cartometric tasks. 6. Development of instrumentation and mapping methods. 7. Old and historical cartographic works in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (and Slovakia). 8. First military mapping. 9. Detailed mapping of European countries, development of cadastre on the territory of the Habsburg monarchy. 10. Historical mining maps. 11. Historical forest maps. 12. Historical water management maps. 13. Historical cadastral maps. 14. Important map collections and archives, museums and geodetic artifacts in the landscape.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 33  17
        Examination Examination 67  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Regular attendance at exercises. Complete the projects and written test to checking the knowledge in the professional literature, the content of lectures and exercises.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: The course of the exercises and assigned tasks are adapted individually according to the needs of the student. Processing of projects assigned to exercises, written and oral exam checking knowledge in the scope of the mentioned professional literature, content of lectures and exercises.

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