DGA011 GIS and Cartography in Geography Education

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Darina Mísařová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main aim of the course is to introduce the students to processing of image information, the specifics of maps and image data from remote sensing as tools depicting reality. This will be done in the context of school practice. Students will be acquainted with creation of maps, and with cartographic and geoinformation products and their role in geographic education. They will acquire the basic skills to work with geoinformation technologies and to orientate themselves in freely accessible geoinformation programs and geographic data with respect to their use in teaching.
Learning outcomes
Mastering of the basic level of work with geoinformation technologies - processing of given map, interpretation of remote sensing image data. Participation in a expert excursion to a selected research and production institution focused on the production of maps and image data processing.
Syllabus
  • Outline: 1. Repeating terminology and methodology of cartography and geoinformatics 2. Cartography and geoinformatics as both scientific and practical disciplines, research and products. 3. Basic concepts of processing of formalized models of geographic reality in digital and analog form. 4. Data sources for geographic reality models. 5. Specifics of maps and remote sensing data. Discussion on a professional topic. One conspectus from foreign literature from the field of geoinformatics (agreed with the examiner).
Literature
  • TOMLIN, C. Dana. GIS and cartographic modeling. Redlands, Calif.: Esri Press, 2013, xx, 182. ISBN 9781589483095. info
  • A to Z GIS : an illustrated dictionary of geographic information systems. Edited by Tasha Wade - Shelly Sommer. 2nd ed. Redlands, Calif.: ESRI Press, 2006, xvi, 268. ISBN 1589481402. info
  • VOŽENÍLEK, Vít. Cartography for GIS : geovisualization and map communication. 1st ed. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2005, 142 s. ISBN 8024410478. info
  • Advanced spatial analysis : the CASA book of GIS. Edited by Paul Longley - Michael Batty. 1st ed. Redlands: ESRI Press, 2003, viii, 463. ISBN 1589480732. info
Teaching methods
Seminar - a discussion of an expert topic. Participation in a expert excursion to a selected research and production institution focused on the production of maps and image data processing.
Assessment methods
The successful passing of the course is achieved by: *Active participation in the expert discussion *Compilation of aconspectus from foreign literature from the field of geoinformatics agreed by the examiner. *Mastering of the basic level of work with geoinformation technologies - processing of given map, interpretation of remote sensing image data. *Participation in a expert excursion to a selected research and production institution focused on the production of maps and image data processing.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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