PřF:Z8989 Problems of Vizualization - Course Information
Z8989 Selected problems of Cartographic Vizualization
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Petr Kubíček, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Bc. Zdeněk Stachoň, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Václav Paleček (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Bc. Zdeněk Stachoň, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Thu 14:00–15:50 Z5,02004
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z8989/02: Thu 8:00–8:50 Z1,01001b, V. Paleček - 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 21 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/21, only registered: 0/21 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Applied Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Geographical Cartography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Course objectives
- Presentation of thematic cartography focused on selected topics e.g. medical issues, crisis management etc. Special attention is paid to data sources, cartographic methods and usability.
- Syllabus
- 1. Definitions 2. User specifies for cartography 3. Examples of data visualization of medical data 4. Cartographic methods 5. Exploratory cartography 6. Czech data sources 7. Worldwide data sources 8. Medical care within spatial data infrastructures
- Literature
- GIS in public health practice. Edited by Ravi Maheswaran - Massimo Craglia. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2004, xi, 308. ISBN 0415306558. URL info
- CROMLEY, Ellen K. and Sara MCLAFFERTY. GIS and public health. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press, 2002, xx, 340. ISBN 1572307072. URL info
- Spatial analysis, GIS, and remote sensing applications in the health sciences. Edited by Donald Patrick Albert - Wilbert M. Gesler - Barbara Levergood. Chelsea, Mich.: Ann Arbor Press, 2000, xi, 217. ISBN 1575041014. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, practical lessons
- Assessment methods
- Oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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