CORE076 Mapová gramotnost

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Karel Staněk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Bc. Zdeněk Stachoň, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Karel Staněk, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Pavel Lízal, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Wed 13:00–14:50 Z5,02004
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!TYP_STUDIA(ND) && !FORMA(C) && (!PROGRAM(B-UCB) && !PROGRAM(B-UCC) && !PROGRAM(B-UCF) && !PROGRAM(B-UCM) && !PROGRAM(B-UCZ) && !PROGRAM(B-LGM) && !PROGRAM(B-GEK))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 59/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic mechanisms of reading and interpreting maps or visualised spatial information. The primary focus of the course is on thematic maps, but attention will also be given to basic topographic reference of maps. The course should contribute to the ability to correctly interpret map representations of spatially related phenomena and the ability to identify distortions in relation to reality, source data and the method of representation used on thematic maps.
Syllabus
  • 1) Spatial reference: Relationship between map and reality. Projection of the earth's body onto a plane and its implications. Map orientation and map measurements.
  • 2) Cartographic generalization: map legibility. Selection, simplification and caricature.
  • 3) Map Legend: From mark to sign. Character systems. Colours and colour scales. Optical illusions.
  • 4) Reading and Interpreting Relief:How to determine height and slope. Deriving a profile.
  • 5) Reading and Interpreting Choropleth Maps:What is a choropleth map and how to read it. Dasymetric method. Normalization and standardization. Outliers and trend.
  • 6) Reading and interpreting Isoplet maps:Delineating the boundary of phenomena. Continuous phenomena in  space and continuous expression of discontinuous phenomena.
  • 7) Reading and Interpreting Cartograms of Maps:Diagrams and proportional symbols on maps.
  • 8) Bad and good maps:A review of the basic errors one may encounter on thematic maps.
  • 9) Map/cartographic propaganda:Ways of information manipulation through maps.
  • 10) "Unusual" thematic maps:Anamorphosis, Chernoff faces and more. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Assessment methods
Tests during and at the end of the semester. Critical evaluation of the selected map.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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