548-0131/01 – Digital Cartography (DIKA)
Gurantor department | Department of Geoinformatics | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Igor Ivan, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Igor Ivan, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2021/2022 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- the student demonstrates knowledge of:
• basic concepts in the field of digital cartography
• basic classification of maps
• the State Map Work of the Czech Republic
• the use of color in digital cartography
• the components of the map composition
• the possibilities of using the character in cartography
• usable methods of digital cartography
- the student is able to:
• select and apply a suitable cartographic method for visualization of thematic data
• create a map composition for visualization of thematic data
• assess the suitability of a method of digital cartography
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
The graduate of the course get information about basic concepts of digital cartography. Based on the acquired knowledge of cartographic methods and also on the acquired practical skills, the graduate is able to apply the basic laws, rules and customs of creating thematic digital maps. This is especially evident in the creation of map outputs created by visualization of digital data stored in a spatial database. With regard to this goal, exercises are organised.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Students are asked about knowledge from areas that they should have already known from previous lectures. They also work on individual tasks. Written and oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
No additional requirements are imposed on the student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to thematic digital cartography, kinds of map, topographic cartography, thematic map, thematic mapping, uses of thematic map.
2. Fundamentals of mathematical cartography.
3. Content of thematic map and map composition.
4. Language of map, cartography semiology, map legend, legend design.
5. Descriptive statistics, statistic data classification.
6. Principles of using colours in thematic maps.
7. Qualitative and quantitative methods of thematic mapping.
8. Thematic map lettering.
9. Classification of thematic map. State maps and thematic state maps of Czech Republic.
10. Digital cartography, spatial data visualization.
11. Visualization of bivariate data.
12. Electronic publishing of maps and atlases. Cartographical possibilities of GeoWeb technology.
13. Introduction to visualization of spatio-temporal data.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction