155CART Cartography

Basic Information

• 2 hours lectures per week
• 2 hours exercises per week
• 6 credits
• 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

Lecturers: Ing. Tomáš Janata, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Jiří Cajthaml, Ph.D.

topic	presentation
1. Mathematical cartography I	Lecture 1
2. Mathematical cartography II	[ Lecture 2]
3. Characteristics of cartography, cartographic works	[ Lecture 3]
4. Map language, content and composition	[ Lecture 4]
5. Thematic maps I	[ Lecture 5]
6. Thematic maps II, colours and scales in maps	[ Lecture 6]
7. History of cartography	[ Lecture 7]
8. Topographic surveys of the Czech lands	[ Lecture 8]
9. State map work I	[ Lecture 9]
10. State map work II	[ Lecture 10]
11. Project of a cartographic work, copyright	Lecture 11
12. Colours, colour spaces and reproduction	[ Lecture 12]

Lectures 2023

Tuesday 2pm, B973

date	topic	lecturer	material
07.03.	Mathematical cartography	JC
14.03.	self-study		Slocum – TC&G, p. 90–132
21.03.	Map language, content and composition	TJ
28.03.	Thematic maps I	TJ
04.04.	self-study
11.04.	Thematic maps II, colours and scales in maps	TJ
18.04.	Map production process, data sources, INSPIRE, copyright	TJ
25.04.	History of cartography and state map work	JC
02.05.	self-study
09.05.	Methods of terrain visualisation	JC
16.05.	Colours, colour spaces and reproduction	TJ

Exercises 2023

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 1	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