155CART Cartography
Basic Information
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- Code: 155CART
- lectures per week: 2 hours
- exercises per week: 2 hours
- Credits: 6
- finished with: written exam
- summer semester
Lectures:
Practical classes:
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 2026
Thursdays, 09.45–11.20, C-s164
| date | topic | lecturer | material |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.02. | Course Introduction | PJ | |
| 26.02. | self-study | - | |
| 05.03. | Mathematical cartography | JK | |
| 12.03. | self-study | PJ | |
| 19.03. | Map language, content and composition | PJ | Slocum – TC&G, p. 90–132 |
| 26.03. | Thematic maps I | PJ | |
| 02.04. | self-study | - | |
| 09.04. | Thematic maps II | PJ | |
| 16.04. | Methods of terrain visualisation | PJ | |
| 23.04. | self-study | - | |
| 30.04. | History of cartography | PJ | |
| 07.05. | self-study | - | |
| 14.05. | written exam | PJ |
Exercises 2026
Thursdays, 11.30–13.05, A-140
Submission form: map (and technical report) in PDF format (send via mail to petra.justova@fsv.cvut.cz)
Conditions: submission of all practical assignments
| date | topic | lecturer | assignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.02. | Course Introduction, ArcGIS Basics | PJ | |
| 26.02. | My first map | JM | Assignment 00 |
| 05.03. | Map Projections in Detail | JK | Assignment 01 (submission by 15/03) |
| 12.03. | Spatial Data, Geocoding | JM | Assignment 02 (submission by 22/03) |
| 19.03. | Georeferencing, Vectorization | PJ | Assignment 03 (submission by 29/03) |
| 26.03. | Choropleth Maps 1 | PJ | Assignment 04a (submission by 05/04) |
| 02.04 | ---no class--- | PJ | |
| 09.04. | Choropleth Maps 2 | PJ | Assignment 04b (submission by 19/04) |
| 16.04. | Proportional Symbol Maps | PJ | Assignment 05 (submission by 26/04) |
| 23.04. | ---no class--- | PJ | |
| 30.04. | Grid Maps, Data Binning | PJ | Assignment 06 (submission by 10/05) |
| 07.05. | Cartograms | JM | |
| 14.05. | Culture Mile (OSM data) | JM |