PdF:Ze0114 Geoinformatics for Geographers - Course Information

Ze0114 Geoinformatics for Geographers 2

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Bc. Darina Mísařová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radim Stuchlík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

Ze0114/01: Tue 17:00–18:50 učebna 72, H. Pokorná, R. Stuchlík
Ze0114/02: Tue 15:00–16:50 učebna 72, H. Pokorná, R. Stuchlík
Ze0114/03: Tue 13:00–14:50 učebna 72, H. Pokorná, R. Stuchlík

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography (programme PdF, B-TV)
• Geography for Education (programme PdF, B-SPE)

Course objectives

The seminars focus on the development of abilities related to work with geoinformatic technologies, with the ArcGIS program and it's basic tools. Students will gain knowledge about the functionality of selected tools for working with geographic data and skills necessary to use them. Individual skills will then be practiced collectively on mapmaking.

Learning outcomes

430/5000 Student is able to use basic ArcGIS tools for map processing, is able to insert geographic data, edit it, find and paste data from external sources, perform data georeferencing, select and correctly apply appropriate cartographic method for data visualization, compiles the legend and other compositional elements of the map, Performs simple spatial operations over geographic data is able to prepare thematic map from multiple sources.

Syllabus

• Syllabus of seminars: 1. Introduction to working with GIS, basic introduction of ArcGIS, input and visualization of data. 2. Data visualization, insertion of descriptions. 3. Working with attribute table, table editing, connecting tables, calculation and polling. 4. Map composition in ArcGIS, working with drawings (Layout) 5. Cartograms and cartodiagrams. 6. Data collection, creation of own maps from acquired data. 7. Georeferencing of data. 8. Using geoportals as additional sources of maps. 9. Basics of data analysis, spatial operations. 10. and 11. Creating one's own map. 12. Presentation of created maps.

Literature

• SVATOŇOVÁ, Hana, Irena PLUCKOVÁ, Hana SVOBODOVÁ, Kateřina MRÁZKOVÁ, Eduard HOFMANN, Jindřiška SVOBODOVÁ, Aleš RUDA and Marta ROMAŇÁKOVÁ. Mapujeme v krajině. Online. 1. vyd. Brno: Muni Press, 2014. 116 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6798-1. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• SVATOŇOVÁ, Hana, Kateřina MRÁZKOVÁ, Hana SVOBODOVÁ, Irena PLUCKOVÁ, Jindřiška SVOBODOVÁ, Aleš RUDA and Marta ROMAŇÁKOVÁ. Využití navigačních systémů ve školních environmentálních projektech. Online. 1. vyd. Brno: Muni Press, 2014. 50 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7090-5. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
• SVATOŇOVÁ, Hana, Irena PLUCKOVÁ, Jindřiška SVOBODOVÁ, Hana SVOBODOVÁ, Aleš RUDA, Kateřina MRÁZKOVÁ and Marta ROMAŇÁKOVÁ. Svět a krajina pohledem z výšky (World and Landscape by View from Height). Online. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013. 115 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6263-4. [citováno 2024-04-24] info

Teaching methods

seminars

Assessment methods

Processing of protocols from the individual seminars, positive evaluation

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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