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Z8129 Thematic Cartography and GPS - fieldwork

Faculty of Science
spring 2013

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Tomáš Řezník, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Supervisor

prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography - Earth Sciences Section - Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Tomáš Řezník, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Geography - Earth Sciences Section - Faculty of Science

Prerequisites (v češtině)

Z8118 Thematic Cartography

Course Enrollment 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 enrollment status: enrolled: 16/20, only registered: 1/20

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Geographical Cartography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, B-GK)
• Geographical Cartography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, N-GK)

Course objectives

The primary aim of this subject is to learn the students to the creation of thematical maps when using mobile devices.

Syllabus

• 1. Principles of the mobile (ubiquitous) mapping 2. Usage of the PDA devices 3. Udage of the GPS devices 4. Aggregation of the data from mobile (ubiquitous) devices and GIS data 5. Processing and creation of a thematical map

Literature

• HOJGR, Radek and Jan STANKOVIČ. GPS :praktická uživatelská příručka. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2007. 221 s. ISBN 978-80-251-1734. info
• VOŽENÍLEK, Vít. Integrace GPS/GIS v geomorfologickém výzkumu. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2001. 185 s. ISBN 80-244-0383-8. info
• STEINER, Ivo and Jiří ČERNÝ. GPS od A do Z. 4. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: eNav, 2006. 264 s. ISBN 80-239-7516-1. info

Teaching methods

Practice-based teaching in the field, post-processing in GIS (Geographic Information System) workstation

Assessment methods

Project which results in the evaluated thematical map.

Further comments (probably available only v češtině)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 5 dn;.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5 dnů.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, spring 2014.

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