Project - Cartography

Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language
155PKAR	KZ	5	3C	Czech

Course guarantor:

Jiří Cajthaml, Tomáš Janata

Lecturer:

Jiří Cajthaml, Tomáš Janata

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

Control day 2 - progress consultation

Q&A consultation hours/standalone processing

infographics, layout + Q&A

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:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu	roomTH:B-973 09:00–11:50 (parallel nr.102) Thákurova 7 (budova FSv) roomTH:B-973 09:00–11:50 (parallel nr.101) Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans: