Course detail

Information Systems and Digital Cartography

FAST-IE59Acad. year: 2024/2025

GIS and other information systems, their structure and function. Modelling of geographic and spatial objects, their representation. Filling of databases from primary and secondary sources, topology building, and entering of attribute data. Data restructuralization, generalization in information systems environment. Analysis of networks and images, and synthetic operations in information systems. Visual reprezentation of reality, animation. Contemporary software systems for land oriented information systems. Information system of surveying and cadastre. Military land information system. State information system and its standards, standarization in field of information technologies (ČSN, CEN, ISO). Contemporary applications of information systems in natural and technical sciences. IS (GIS) exploitation in solution of emergency situations. Network applications of information technologies, INTERNET, INTRANET. Designing of information systems and GIS. Digital cartographic production Czech (DKM, ZABAGED, DMÚ), and worldwide. Principles of their creation. Digital cartographic creation, generalization in digital cartography. Digital technologies in prezentation and map printing. Spatial modelling, solution of morphometric and cartometric problems in 3D. Contemporary software products for 2D and 3D digital cartography.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

8

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.

Department

Institute of Geodesy (GED)

Entry knowledge

Fundamentals of GIS

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Improvement of knowledge about GIS and digital cartography

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Cartwright, W., Peterson, M., P.: Multimedia Cartography. Springer, Berlin 1999
Elithorp, J.A.Jr., Findorff, D.D.: Geodesy for Geomatics and GIS Professionals. Xan Edu, Ann Arbor 2003
Longley, P. A., Goodchild, M. F. a kol.: Geographic Information Systems and Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2001

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme D-K-C-GK Doctoral

    branch GAK , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Information systems, their structure and function. GIS. Modelling of geographic and spatial objects, their representation. 2. Filling of databases from primary and secondary sources, topology building, and entering of attribute data. Data restructuralization, generalization in information systems environment. Analysis of networks and images, and synthetic operations in information systems. 3. Contemporary software systems for land oriented information systems. Information system of surveying and cadastre. 4. Contemporary applications of information systems in natural and technical sciences. IS (GIS) exploitation in solution of emergency situations. Network applications of information technologies, INTERNET, INTRANET. 5. Designing of information systems and GIS. Digital cartographic production Czech (DKM, ZABAGED, DMÚ), and worldwide. Principles of their creation. Digital cartographic creation, generalization in digital cartography. Digital technologies in prezentation and map printing. 6. Spatial modelling, solution of morphometric and cartometric problems in 3D. Contemporary software products for 2D and 3D digital cartography.