Course Details

Mathematical Cartography

Academic Year 2023/24

HE07 course is part of 1 study plan

N-P-C-GK / GD Summer Semester 2nd year

Reference plane and coordinate systems. Classification of cartography projection. Cartography distortion. Ellipsoid projection on sphere. Basic projection. Cassini-Soldner projection, S-JTSK, S-42. False projection. Choosing projection. Transformation between coordinate systems. General cartography projection theory.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

Understanding of cartography projection classification .
Cartography distortion, importance for surveying practice.

Knowledge

The student understands cartography projection classification, cartography distortion and its importance for surveying practice.

Syllabus

1.Reference plane and coordinate systems.
2.Orthodroma and loxodroma.
3.Classification of cartography projection.
4. Cartography distortion.
5.Ellipsoid projection on sphere.
6.Basic projection, conic, cylidrical.
7.Basic projection azimuthal, geometric projections.
8.Cassini-Soldner projection, S-JTSK.
9.S-42. False projection.
10.Design projection. Transformation between coordinate systems.

Prerequisites

Projections used in surveying.
Matthematics: derivate, single integral.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

3 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, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1.Reference plane and coordinate systems. 2.Orthodroma and loxodroma. 3.Classification of cartography projection. 4. Cartography distortion. 5.Ellipsoid projection on sphere. 6.Basic projection, conic, cylidrical. 7.Basic projection azimuthal, geometric projections. 8.Cassini-Soldner projection, S-JTSK. 9.S-42. False projection. 10.Design projection. Transformation between coordinate systems.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1.Reference plane and coordinate systems. 2.Orthodroma and loxodroma. 3.Classification of cartography projection. 4.Cartography distortion. 5.Ellipsoid projection on sphere. 6.Basic projection, conic, cylidrical. 7.Basic projection azimuthal, geometric projections. 8.Cassini-Soldner projection, S-JTSK. 9 Projection S-42. False projection. 10.Design projection. Transformation between coordinate systems.