155CART Cartography

Basic Information

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• Code: 155CART
• Lectures:

prof. Ing. Jiří Cajthaml, Ph.D.

• Practical classes:

prof. Ing. Jiří Cajthaml, Ph.D. (head of the classes),

Ing. Tomáš Janata, Ph.D.

• lectures per week: 2 hours
• exercises per week: 2 hours
• Credits: 6
• finished with: an exam
• summer semester

Anotation

Literature

1. Slocum, T. A., et al.: Thematic cartography and geovisualization. Prentice Hall, 2008.
2. Brewer, C.A.: Designing better maps. Esri Press, 2005.
3. Field, Kenneth: Cartography: A compendium of design thinking for mapmakers. Redlands, California: Esri Press, 2018.
4. Field, Kenneth: Thematic mapping: 101 inspiring ways to visualise empirical data. Redlands, California: Esri Press, 2022.

Lectures 2024

Tuesday 11AM, B973 (to be updated)

date	topic	lecturer	material
27.02.	Mathematical cartography	JC
05.03.	Map language, content and composition	TJ	Slocum – TC&G, p. 90–132
12.03.	Thematic maps I	TJ
19.03.	Thematic maps II, colours and scales in maps	TJ
26.03.	self-study
02.04.	Map production process, data sources, INSPIRE, copyright	TJ
09.04.	History of cartography and state map work History of cartography and state map work	JC
16.04.	self-study
23.04.	Methods of terrain visualisation	JC
30.04.	self-study
07.05.	Colours, colour spaces and reproduction	TJ
14.05.	self-study

Exercises 2024

Mondays, Cs112

Study Materials

Date	Topic	Instructors	Assignment
27. 2.	Course Introduction	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger
6. 3.	MOOC Cartography (self-study)	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger
13. 3.	MOOC Cartography (self-study)	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger
20. 3.	Map Projections in Detail	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger	Assignment 01
27. 3. (rescheduled for Thursday 30. 3.)	Georeferencing	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger	Assignment 02
3. 4.	Vectorization	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger
10. 4. (National Holiday --> rescheduled for Thursday 13. 4.)	Choropleth Maps 1	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger	Assignment 03a
17. 4.	Choropleth Maps 2	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger	Assignment 03b
24. 4.	Diagram Maps	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger	Assignment 04
1. 5. (National Holiday --> rescheduled for Thursday 4. 5.)	Cartograms	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger	Assignment 05
8. 5. (National Holiday --> rescheduled for Thursday 11. 5.)	Grid Maps, Data Binning	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger
15. 5.	Webmapping	Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger