Course detail

Cartography I

FAST-GE18Acad. year: 2009/2010

Cartographic projections and datums. Cartographic tools, interpretation of point, line and area objects.
Cartography generalization .Print of maps. Basics of cartometry. Digital cartography, vector and raster presentation, INTRANET/INTERNET. Themathic cartography. Structures and functions of GIS. State map works. Development of the Czech and world cartography. Standards of cartography and GIS.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

7

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.

Department

Institute of Geodesy (GED)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will manage basic theoretical knowledge of cartography, thematic and digital cartography included. They will be introduced with the state map works of the Czech republic and they will achieve basic overview about Czech and world's cartography development and about digital cartographic works, which are part of national geoinformatic systems.

Prerequisites

Datums used in survey

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Definition and structure of cartography.
2. Geometrical base of cartographic works, projections.
3. Contents of cartographic works.
4. Theory of cartographic information.
5. Cartographic interpretation and generalization.
6. Cartographic creation and production.
7. Themathic cartography. Cartometry.
8. Digital cartography.
9. Geographical information systems, modelling of objects, data-bases.
10. State map works in the Czech republic, devlopment Czech and world cartography, legislative.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Acquisition of comprehensive knowledge of cartography and GIS.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

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

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Kartografická generalizace a kartometrie. elektronický text, 2007. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (CS)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Kartografická interpretace. elektronický text, 2007. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (CS)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Státní mapové dílo. elektronický text, 2007. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (CS)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Úřední mapy. elektronický text, 2007. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (CS)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Úvod do kartografie. elektronický text, 2007. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (CS)
VEVERKA,Bohuslav, ZIMOVÁ,Růžena: Topografická a tematická kartografie. Praha: ČVUT, 2008. ISBN 80-01-02381-8. (CS)

Recommended reading

HAKE,Günter, GRüNREICH, Dietmar, MENG, Liqiu: Kartographie. Berlin-New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2002. ISBN 3-11-016404-3. (DE)
KOHLSTOCK,Peter: Kartographie. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2004. ISBN 3-506-71710-3. (DE)
KRAAK,Menno-Jan, ORMELING,Ferjan: Cartography: Visualisation of Geospatial Data. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2003. (EN)
PRAVDA, Ján: Základy koncepce mapového jazyka. Bratislava: GÚ SAV, 1990. (SK)
SEMOTANOVÁ,Eva: Atlas zemí Koruny české. Skřivan, 2002. (CS)
SEMOTANOVÁ,Eva: Mapy Čech, Moravy a Slezska v zrcadle staletí. Libri, 2001. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-K-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.

Exercise

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Ladislav Plánka, CSc.