155CART Cartography
1010Basic Information
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- Code: 155CART
- Lectures:
prof. Ing. Jiří Cajthaml, Ph.D.
Practical classes:
- lectures per week: 2 hours
- exercises per week: 2 hours
- Credits: 6
- finished with: an exam
- summer semester
Annotation
- Literature
- Slocum, T. A., et al.: Thematic cartography and geovisualization. Prentice Hall, 2008.
- Brewer, C.A.: Designing better maps. Esri Press, 2005.
- Field, Kenneth: Cartography: A compendium of design thinking for mapmakers. Redlands, California: Esri Press, 2018.
- Field, Kenneth: Thematic mapping: 101 inspiring ways to visualise empirical data. Redlands, California: Esri Press, 2022.
Lectures 2025
Tuesday 11 AM, B973
| date | topic | lecturer | material |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.02. | Introduction to the course | TJ | |
| 25.02. | Mathematical cartography | JC | |
| 04.03. | Map language, content and composition | TJ | Slocum – TC&G, p. 90–132 |
| 11.03. | Methods of terrain visualisation | JC | |
| 18.03. | self-study | ||
| 25.03. | Thematic maps I, colours and scales in maps | TJ | |
| 01.04. | Thematic maps II | TJ | |
| 08.04. | History of cartography and state map work | JC | |
| 15.04. | self-study | ||
| 22.04. | Map production process, data sources, INSPIRE, copyright | TJ | |
| 06.05. | Colour spaces and reproduction | TJ | |
| 13.05. | self-study |
Exercises 2025
Thursdays, 4pm, B-s111
!!UPDATE!! Changes in schedule for 03/04 and 10/04:
03.04. --> 07.04. (Monday, 9am, B-s111)
10.04. --> 05.05. (Monday, 9am, B-s111)
Submission form: map (and technical report) in PDF format (send via mail to petra.justova@fsv.cvut.cz) Conditions: submission of all practical assignments
Study Materials Covered topics in detail
| date | topic | lecturer | assignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.02. | ---no class--- | PJ | |
| 27.02. | Map Projections in Detail | PJ | Assignment 01 (submission by 16/03) |
| 06.03. | Spatial Data, Geocoding | PJ | Assignment 02 (submission by 16/03) |
| 13.03. | Georeferencing, Vectorization | PJ | Assignment 03 (submission by 23/03) |
| 20.03. | Choropleth Maps 1 | PJ | Assignment 04a (submission by 30/03) |
| 27.03. | Q&A | PJ | |
| Choropleth Maps 2 | PJ | Assignment 04b (submission by 20/04) | |
| 17.04. | ---National Holiday (no class)--- | ||
| 24.04. | Diagram Maps | PJ | Assignment 05 (submission by 04/05) |
| 29.04. | ---no class--- | ||
| Multivariate mapping | PJ | Assignment 06 (submission by 18/05) | |
| 15.05. | Grid Maps, Data Binning | PJ | Assignment 07 (submission by 25/05) |
| 19.05. | ---no class--- |