155CART Cartography
Basic Information
- 2 hours lectures per week
- 2 hours exercises per week
- 6 credits
- finished with an exam
- summer semester
Anotation
- 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
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 | TJ | |
| 11.04. | Thematic maps II, colours and scales in maps | TJ | |
| 18.04. | Methods of terrain visualisation | JC | |
| 25.04. | History of cartography and state map work | JC | |
| 02.05. | self-study | ||
| 09.05. | Map production process, data sources, INSPIRE, copyright | TJ | |
| 16.05. | Colours, colour spaces and reproduction | TJ |
Exercises 2023
Mondays, Cs112
| 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. | Georeferencing | Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger | |
| 3. 4. | Vectorization | Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger | [Assignment 02] |
| 10. 4. | Thematic Mapping 1 | Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger | |
| 17. 4. | Thematic Mapping 2 | Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger | Assignment 03 |
| 24. 4. | Choropleth Maps | Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger | Assignment 04 |
| 1. 5. (National Holiday --> rescheduled to Thursday 4. 5.) | Diagram Maps | Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger | Assignment 05 |
| 8. 5. (National Holiday --> rescheduled to Thursday 11. 5.) | Grid Maps, Data Binning | Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger | |
| 15. 5. | Cartograms, Multivariate Mapping | Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger | Assignment 06 |
| extra | ArcGIS Online, sharing data from ArcGIS Pro | Mgr. Petra Justová, Ing. Josef Münzberger |