Course Details
Cartography I
Academic Year 2022/23
GE18 course is part of 3 study plans
unknown (history data) unknown (history data) 1st year
B-P-C-GK Winter Semester 1st year
B-K-C-GK Winter Semester 1st year
Cartography information theory, cartographic languge.
Cartography generalization (planimetry, elevation, description). Basics of cartometry. Digital cartography, vector and raster presentation, INTRANET/INTERNET. Development of the Czech and world cartography. Theme cartography. Cartography information funds. Cartography in process of Europe integration.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Acquisition of comprehensive knowledge of cartography and GIS.
Knowledge
Students will manage basic theoretical knowledge of cartography, thematic and digital cartography included. They will be introduced with the state map works of the Czech republic and they will achieve basic overview about Czech and world's cartography development and about digital cartographic works, which are part of national geoinformatic systems.
Syllabus
1. Definition and structure of cartography.
2. Geometrical base of cartographic works, projections.
3. Contents of cartographic works.
4. Theory of cartographic information.
5. Cartographic interpretation and generalization.
6. Cartographic creation and production.
7. Themathic cartography. Cartometry.
8. Digital cartography.
9. Geographical information systems, modelling of objects, data-bases.
10. State map works in the Czech republic, devlopment Czech and world cartography, legislative.
Prerequisites
Datums used in survey
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
7 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
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, 3 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Definition and structure of cartography.
2. Geometrical base of cartographic works, projections.
3. Contents of cartographic works.
4. Theory of cartographic information.
5. Cartographic interpretation and generalization.
6. Cartographic creation and production.
7. Themathic cartography. Cartometry.
8. Digital cartography.
9. Geographical information systems, modelling of objects, data-bases.
10. State map works in the Czech republic, devlopment Czech and world cartography, legislative.
Exercise
13 weeks, 3 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1-2 State map, map frame and kilometer networks construction.
3-4 Stable cadastre, digital processing of structural sheet map.
5-6 Base Map of the Czech Republic, creating of sign key.
7-8 Digital cadastral map, transform, vectorization.
9-10 Processing of configuration and plot files, printing.
11 Control test