Course Details

History of surveying

Academic Year 2023/24

GE54 course is part of 1 study plan

B-P-C-GK / GI Summer Semester 3rd year

Development of ideasand knowledge about the figure of Earth, International metric system, Development of survey and computation methods, History of cartographic projection of Earth, History of survey on territory of the Czech republic

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

None

Aims

History of surveying and cartography.
Knowledge of history of surveying and cartography.

Basic Literature

Hons, J. - Šimák, B.: Pojďte s námi měřit Zeměkouli. Kolářová Praha, 0. (cs)
Maršík Z.: Dějiny zeměměřictví. CERN Brno, 0. (cs)
Kukuča, J.: Naša Zem - jej meranie a zobrazovanie. VEDA Bratislava, 1986. (sk)
Hánek, P.: 250 století Zeměměřictví. Klaudián Praha, 2000. (cs)
Maršíková M., Maršík Z.: Dějiny zeměměřictví a pozemkových úprav v Čechách a na Moravě v kontextu světového vývoje. Libri s. r. o. Praha, 2006. (cs)

Recommended Reading

Hons, J., Procházka, E.: Úvody do dějin zeměměřictví I - IV. ČVUT Praha, 1981. (cs)
Foral J., Vondrák J.: Geodetická příručka - část I, úhly, délky a výšky. Ing. Tomáš Šváb - GEFIS, Valašské Meziříčí, 2007. (cs)
Foral J., Kalvoda P., Kratochvíl R., Šváb T., Vondrák J.: Geodetická příručka, část II, výpočty, mapy, katastr nemovitostí, fotogrammetrie, GPS. Ing. Šváb Tomáš - GEFIS, Karafiátova 1313, Valašské Meziříčí, 2008. (cs)

Syllabus

1 Gedesy as science and technique
2 Development of ideas and knowledge of the figure of the Earth
3 Determination of the figure of the Earth
4 Development of units
5 International metrical system
6 The oldest maps of the world
7 Beginnig of modern cartography
8 Datums
9 The oldest surveying methods
10 Mapping
11 Photogrammetry - historical development
12 Surveying works on territory the Czech republic
13 Maps of 20. century

Prerequisites

None

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 Gedesy as science and technique
2 Development of ideas and knowledge of the figure of the Earth
3 Determination of the figure of the Earth
4 Development of units
5 International metrical system
6 The oldest maps of the world
7 Beginnig of modern cartography
8 Datums
9 The oldest surveying methods
10 Mapping
11 Photogrammetry - historical development
12 Surveying works on territory the Czech republic
13 Maps of 20. century