Course Details
Cartography II
Academic Year 2022/23
HE04 course is part of 1 study plan
N-P-C-GK / GD Winter Semester 1st year
The creation of thematic maps is the key content of the subject. ArcGIS for Desktop will be used as a software background. Within the subject key methods of thematic cartography will be presented.
Credits
6 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
winter
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Entry Knowledge
Student will manage basic theoretical knowledge of cartographic creation and production of maps. Using the digital technologies they will be able to make compilation manuscript and fair draught.
Aims
Analogue and analytical methods of cartographic creation and production of cartographic works.
Basic Literature
MIKŠOVSKÝ, Miroslav: Kartografická polygrafie a reprografie 10. Praha: ČVUT, 1999. ISBN 80-01-01989-6. (cs)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Kartografie II - Kartografická tvorba. elektronický text, 2008. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (cs)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Kartografie II - Kartografický tisk. elektronický text, 2008. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (cs)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Kartografie II - Kartografické informační fondy. elektronický text, 2008. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (cs)
SAMARA,Timothy: Grafický design. Základní pravidla a způsoby jejich porušování. Bratislava: Slovart, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7391-030-3. (cs)
BANN, David: Polygrafická příručka. Bratislava: Slovart, 2008. ISBN 80-7391-029-2. (cs)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Kartografie II - Kartografická tvorba. elektronický text, 2008. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (cs)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Kartografie II - Kartografický tisk. elektronický text, 2008. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (cs)
PLÁNKA, Ladislav: Kartografie II - Kartografické informační fondy. elektronický text, 2008. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (cs)
SAMARA,Timothy: Grafický design. Základní pravidla a způsoby jejich porušování. Bratislava: Slovart, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7391-030-3. (cs)
BANN, David: Polygrafická příručka. Bratislava: Slovart, 2008. ISBN 80-7391-029-2. (cs)
Recommended Reading
AMBROSE, Gavin, HARRIS,Paul: Layout: velký průvodce grafickou úpravou. Computer Press Brno, 2009. ISBN 978-80-251-2165-8. (cs)
Syllabus
1. Conception and composition of thematic maps.
2. Geoinformatics aspects of thematic maps creation.
3. Cartographic generalization.
4. Cartographic visual expression 1.
5. Cartographic visual expression 2.
6. Specific aspects of visual expressions.
7. Scales in thematic cartography.
8. Methods in thematic cartography 1.
9. Methods in thematic cartography 2.
10. Cartographic typography.
11. Managing thematic maps and atlases production.
12. Current trends in thematic cartography.
2. Geoinformatics aspects of thematic maps creation.
3. Cartographic generalization.
4. Cartographic visual expression 1.
5. Cartographic visual expression 2.
6. Specific aspects of visual expressions.
7. Scales in thematic cartography.
8. Methods in thematic cartography 1.
9. Methods in thematic cartography 2.
10. Cartographic typography.
11. Managing thematic maps and atlases production.
12. Current trends in thematic cartography.
Prerequisites
Cartographic terminology, optics, theory of color.
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Conception and composition of thematic maps.
2. Geoinformatics aspects of thematic maps creation.
3. Cartographic generalization.
4. Cartographic visual expression 1.
5. Cartographic visual expression 2.
6. Specific aspects of visual expressions.
7. Scales in thematic cartography.
8. Methods in thematic cartography 1.
9. Methods in thematic cartography 2.
10. Cartographic typography.
11. Managing thematic maps and atlases production.
12. Current trends in thematic cartography.
2. Geoinformatics aspects of thematic maps creation.
3. Cartographic generalization.
4. Cartographic visual expression 1.
5. Cartographic visual expression 2.
6. Specific aspects of visual expressions.
7. Scales in thematic cartography.
8. Methods in thematic cartography 1.
9. Methods in thematic cartography 2.
10. Cartographic typography.
11. Managing thematic maps and atlases production.
12. Current trends in thematic cartography.
Exercise
13 weeks, 3 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1-2 Thematic maps composition. Cartographic representation.
3-4 Cartographic generalization. Topographic content of the map.
5-6 Qualitative data visualization.
7-8 Quantitative data visualization (choropleth map, izoplets, dasymetric map).
9-10 Quantitative data visualization (proportional map, dot map).
11-12 Time-spatial dynamics visualization.
3-4 Cartographic generalization. Topographic content of the map.
5-6 Qualitative data visualization.
7-8 Quantitative data visualization (choropleth map, izoplets, dasymetric map).
9-10 Quantitative data visualization (proportional map, dot map).
11-12 Time-spatial dynamics visualization.