Course: Digital Cartography

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Course title Digital Cartography
Course code KGI/PGSDK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Voženílek Vít, prof. RNDr. CSc.
  • Veverka Bohuslav, prof. Ing. DrSc.
Course content
It focuses on the implementation of cartographic tasks in a computer environment. Selected cartographic topics are presented with an emphasis on the interconnection of computer cartography and geographic information systems. The course includes the following topics: the concept and specifics of computer maps, Reference systems in computer cartography, Maps on the Internet, Map servers, Digital sources of cartographic data in the Czech Republic, Metadata of computer maps, Web maps and atlases, Interoperability and others. The seminar deals with the analysis of cartographic works.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The course comes from fundamentals cartographic rules.
Evaluation Evaluate the particular methods and principles, explain the aspects and results concerning the given issue, integrate the knowledge, predict the solutions, evaluate the results and outcomes.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Student has to prove the knowledge of the subject topics.
Recommended literature
  • Batson, R.M. (1987). Cartography of the Planets: New Methods, Its Status, and Its Future. September 1987, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 53, No. 9, pp. 1211-1218.
  • Baxes, G.A. (1994). Digital Image Processing Principles and Applications. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, pp 350-353.
  • Huml M., Michal J. (2000). Mapování 10. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha.
  • Kliment V. (1998). Právní vztahy k nemovitostem. VÚGTK, Praha.
  • McMaster, R.B. & Shea, S. (1992). Generalisation in Digital Cartography. The Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C., pp.3, 71-91.
  • Veverka B. (1998). Tématická a topografická kartografie. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha.


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