PřF:Z8112 Cartographic visualisation - Course Information
Z8112 Cartographic visualisation
Faculty of Sciencespring 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Karel Staněk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Šilhák (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Karel Staněk, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Wed 13:00–14:50 Z7,02017a
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- PROGRAM(N-GK)
- 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 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Geographical Cartography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Course objectives
- The main objectives of the course are the following: acquainting students with principles of cartographic visualization acquainting students with systems for cartographic EDA At the end of the course students should be able to: properly visualize quantitative phenomena select appropriate symbols and colors design map face in web or electronic environment
- Syllabus
- 1. Cartographic visualisation and spatial pattern 2. Optimal classification of quantitative data 3. Spatial pattern intensification 4. Cartographic method selection 5. Perception in cartographic visualisation 6. Representation of multidimensional data 7. Animation and time 8. 3D cartography 9. Cartographic EDA 10. Electronic maps 11. User interfaces 12. Usability testing 13. Systems for cartographic visualisation
- Literature
- SLOCUM, Terry A. Thematic cartography and geographic visualization. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005, x, 518. ISBN 0130351237. info
- KRAAK, M. J. and F. J. ORMELING. Cartography : visualization of spatial data. 1st pub. Essex: Longman, 1996, viii, 222. ISBN 0582259533. info
- WOOD, Denis. The power of maps. New York: The Guilford Press, 1992, viii, 248. ISBN 0-89862-492-4. info
- DRÁPELA, Milan Václav. Vybrané kapitoly z kartografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1983, 128 s. info
- MACEACHREN, Alan M. How maps work : representation, visualization and design. New York: The Guilford Press, 1995, xiii, 513. ISBN 0-89862-589-0. info
- CAMPBELL, John. Map use & analysis. 4th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2001, xi, 372. ISBN 0073037486. info
- Web cartography : developments and prospects. Edited by Menno-Jan Kraak - Allan Brown. 1st pub. London: Taylor & Francis, 2001, ix, 213 s. ISBN 0-7484-0869-X. info
- MONMONIER, Mark S. Proč mapy lžou. Vyd. 1. Praha: Computer Press, 2000, xiii, 221. ISBN 8072262386. info
- WONG, Wucius. Principles of color design. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996, 210 s. ISBN 0471287083. info
- LADD-FRANKLIN, Christine. Colour and colour theories. London: Routledge, 1999, xv, 287. ISBN 0415209633. info
- Web cartography : developments and prospects. Edited by Menno-Jan Kraak - Allan Brown. 1st pub. London: Taylor & Francis, 2001, ix, 213 s. ISBN 0-7484-0869-X. info
- QUILLER, Stephen. Color choices. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1989, 144 s. ISBN 0-8230-0697-2. info
- MARTÍNEK, Zdeněk. Počítačová typografie srozumitelně ... s Wordem. 1. vyd. České Budějovice: KOPP, 1996, 207 s. ISBN 80-85828-75-8. info
- BERAN, Vladimír. Typografický manuál :Učebnice počítačové typografie. 1.vyd. Náchod: Manuál, 1994, Přeruš.s. ISBN 80-901824-0-2. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures and tuition of homework
- Assessment methods
- Final written exam and evaluation of elaborates. Class exercises consist of three elaborates. The maps will be the main part of them. Elaborates will be evaluated by commission.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: předmět vyžaduje další samostatnou práce mimo kontaktní výuku - je to zophledněno v počtu kreditů.
- Enrolment Statistics (spring 2018, recent)
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