Z8188 Introduction to Web Cartography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/2. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Tomáš Řezník, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Tomáš Řezník, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Tue 18:00–18:50 Z2,01032
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z8188/01: Tue 16:00–17:50 Z1,01001b, T. Řezník
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This subject is focused on the field of Web Cartography with primary aim to learn the main theoretical and practical approaches in this field of study. Therefore, lectures are tightly coupled with practice. Student will be able to create its own Web pages in XHTML source code with wide variety of included Web maps at the end of the study. At the same time student will collaborate in more complex team projects from Web cartography.
Syllabus
  • Lectures: 1. Internet and Web: history and its influence 2. Basic formats used on the Web (XHTML, GIF, JPG, PNG, Flash, SVG, VML) 3. Map usage on the Web 4. Map use on the Web 5. Cartographical principles of Web publication 6. Web maps and atlases 7. API in Web publication (Google Maps, Atlas Maps) 8. Client systems (Zoomify, AxioMap) 9. Server systems (MapServer, GeoServer, ArcGIS Server) 10. Actual geoinformatical trends on the Web (WMS, WFS, WCS, WPS, etc.) Practice: 1. Creation of valid Web pages 2. Creation of valid cascading style (CSS) 3. Raster map optimalization 4. Client system Zoomify 5. Client system AxioMap 6. ECMAScript 7. Google Maps API - individual and project 8. Atlas Maps API 9. WMS in thick and thin clients 10. GeoServer - project in groups of 4-5 students
Literature
  • 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
  • Maps and the internet. Edited by Michael P. Peterson. 1st ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005, xvi, 451. ISBN 0080449441. info
  • JavaScript : a beginner's guide (Orig.) : JavaScript : příručka programátora. info
  • Adobe Flash CS3 : oficiální výukový kurz. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2008, 341 s. ISBN 9788025121092. info
  • CEDERHOLM, Dan. Flexibilní webdesign : vytváříme přizpůsobitelné a přístupné stránky pomocí XHTML a CSS. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2006, 227 s. ISBN 8025110184. info
  • ZELDMAN, Jeffrey. Tvorba webů podle standardů XHTML, CSS, DOM, ECMAScript. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2004, 410 s. ISBN 8025103471. info
  • DRUSKA, Peter. CSS a XHTML : tvorba dokonalých webových stránek krok za krokem. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2006, 200 s. ISBN 8024713829. URL info
  • http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/, http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-VML, http://www.zoomify.com/, http://www.opengeospatial.org/
Teaching methods
Lectures about the maps and technologies on the Web supported with the creation of the web maps while using technologies mentioned in the lectures
Assessment methods
Written and practical test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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