Course: Practice in Cartography and Topography for Economic Geographers

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Course title Practice in Cartography and Topography for Economic Geographers
Course code KGE/KTPEA
Organizational form of instruction Excursion
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Maisner Onuralp, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Bečka Jiří, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Ondráš Jan, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Working with topographic and thematic maps. The selected method of topographic mapping and the foundations of the structure of the map. Field part: Mapping of the socio-economic elements in the landscape. The use of GPS technology. Practical topographic measurement in the field. Processing and presentation of results using GIS.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Team project (50/number of students) - 25 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 10 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to achieve of geographical and mathematical knowledges on the high school level.
Skills
to apply the topographical and mathematical knowledges in practice on the high school level.
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to explain the basic methods of the topographic and socio-economic mapping,
to know the GPS technology
Skills
to apply chosen methods of topograpic mapping and to be able to utilize them in the field work
to process and visualize the measured data
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Field trip
Project-based instruction
Practicum
Individual study
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Field trip
Project-based instruction
Practicum
Individual study
Competences
Field trip
Project-based instruction
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Project
Skills demonstration during practicum
Skills
Project
Skills demonstration during practicum
Group presentation at a seminar
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Čapek, Richard; Mikšovský, Miroslav; Mucha, Ludvík. Geografická kartografie. 1. vyd. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1992. ISBN 80-04-25153-6.
  • Hojgr, R., Stankovič, J. GPS. Praktická uživatelská příručka. BEN Praha, 2007.
  • Huml, Milan. Mapování a kartografie. Vyd. 1, dotisk. Praha : Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2003. ISBN 80-01-02383-4.
  • KONEČNÝ, Milan, KAPLAN, Věroslav, KEPRTOVÁ, Kateřina, PODHRÁZSKÝ, Zbyšek, STACHOŇ, Zdeněk, TAJOVSKÁ, Kateřina. Kartografie a geoinformatika. Multimediální učebnice. Brno.
  • Novotná, Marie; Čechurová, Monika,; Bouda, Jakub. Geografické informační systémy ve školách. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7380-385-8.
  • Portella, Adriana. Visual pollution : advertising, signage and environmental quality. Farnham : Ashgate, 2013. ISBN 978-0-7546-7534-1.
  • Pyšek, Jiří. Kartografie a topografie. [Díl] II., Topografie. Plzeň, 1995. ISBN 80-7043-150-4.
  • Pyšek, Jiří. Kartografie a topografie. I, Kartografie. 3. nezm. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 1999. ISBN 80-7082-522-7.
  • Reicher, Christa. Städtebauliches Entwerfen. 2nd ed. Wiesbaden : Vieweg, 2013. ISBN 978-3-8348-2645-9.
  • Steiner, Ivo; Černý, Jiří. GPS od A do Z. 3., aktualiz. vyd. Praha : eNav, 2004. ISBN 80-239-3314-0.


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