Project - Cartography

Course guarantor:

Jiří Cajthaml

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Geomatics

Synopsis:

Map creation in GIS, geodatabase, data model, symbology, compositional elements of maps, geographical nomenclature, errors in maps.

Requirements:

no prerequisities

Syllabus of lectures:

no lectures

Syllabus of tutorials:

examples of student works, overview of suitable software, data sources

(un)traditional methods of thematic cartography (choropleth, diagram maps)

geocoding, hexagonal network, postprocessing + Q&A

Control day 1 - topic consultation

Q&A consultation hours/ independent processing

Q&A consultation hours/ independent processing

Control day 2 - progress consultation

Q&A consultation hours/standalone processing

infographics, layout + Q&A

Q&A consultation hours/ independent processing

Q&A consultation hours/ independent processing

Control day 3 - presentation of results

Study Objective:

The student should be able to prepare an independent cartographic project.

Study materials:

?Robinson, Arthur H. a kol.: Elements of Cartography, 6th Edition. Wiley, 2016. ISBN 978-0-471-55579-7.

:ArcGIS for Desktop from the source http://www.esri.com/training/

Note:

Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Geodézie a kartografie, specializace Inženýrská geodézie (compulsory course)
• Geodézie a kartografie, specializace Geomatika (compulsory course)
• Geodézie a kartografie, specializace Inženýrská geodézie (compulsory course)
• Geodézie a kartografie, specializace Inženýrská geodézie (compulsory course)