Z8121 Global Spatial Data Project

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2011 - acreditation

The information about the term Autumn 2011 - acreditation is not made public

Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Milan Konečný, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Milan Konečný, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM(N-GK) || PROGRAM(D-GR4)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to characterize methodology, concept and individual steps in building of global spatial-oriented projects with focus on Global map, Global spatial data infrastructure, Digital planet Earth, and Geographic database of the UN. Attention is paid to organizational, economic, political and ecological aspect, as well as technological matters, mainly data quality, and legislative aspects related to data utilization in different cultural, political and economic environments. Questions and prerequisites of creation of a sustainable global information society.
Syllabus
  • 1. Agenda 21 and its role in establishment, creation, and utilization of global spatial-oriented project. Impulses of Rio 92 and Rio+10 conferences. 2. Information society and sustainable development: sustainable global information society. 3. Requirements and motives leading to creation of global spatial projects. 4. Global map project: history of establishment, concept, content, data interpretation. 5. Use and precision testing of Global map outputs. Data updating. 6. EuroglobalMap: European contribution to Global Map. 7. Global spatial data infrastructure (GSDI): motives of creation, importance for global information society. Organization and approach to implementation. 8. GSDI: description of geospatial data, geospatial data catalog. 9. GSDI: geospatial data visualization WEBmapping, access and delivery of geospatial data open data access, geospatial services, case studies. 10. Digital planet Earth (DE): reflection of national spatial data infrastructures, technological approach (Al Gore), sustainable information society (European-Chinese-Asian-Australian approach). 11. Geographic database of the United Nations: motives, concept, data layers, updating and interpretation. 12. Role and scientific agenda of small countries in global spatial-oriented projects; interrelationship with National geoinformation infrastructure (NGII) in the Czech Republic. 13. Case business study: use of global spatial-oriented projects.
Literature
  • Voženílek, V.(2005): Cartogrphy for GIS, Geovisualisation and Map Communication. 1. vyd., Vyd. UP Olomouc, ISBN 80-244-1047-8
  • Longley,P.A., Goodchild,M.F., Maurige,D.J., Rhind,D.W.(2001): Geographic Information Systems and Science, Wiley and Sons. Chichester, 454p.
  • DEMERS, Michael N. Fundamentals geographic information systems. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000, xiii, 498. ISBN 0471314234. info
  • TUČEK, Ján. Geografické informační systémy : principy a praxe. Vyd. 1. Praha: Computer Press, 1998, xiv., 364. ISBN 807226091X. info
  • KONEČNÝ, Milan and Vít VOŽENÍLEK. Vývojové trendy v kartografii a GIS (Development Trends in Cartography and GIS). In Geografie na prahu 21. století. 1st ed. Praha: ČGS, 1998. info
Teaching methods
theoretical lectures
Assessment methods
Written tests
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, autumn 2017, Spring 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.