Z7894 Geoinformation Technologies for Social Geography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Lukáš Herman, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Petr Kubíček, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Mikoláš (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Petr Kubíček, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Petr Kubíček, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:50 Z5,02004, Thu 10:00–11:50 Z5,02004
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z7894/01: Thu 12:00–12:50 02017a, Thu 12:00–12:50 02017a, L. Herman, P. Kubíček, J. Mikoláš
Prerequisites
MSc student of Social geography and regional development or Applied geography.
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: 8/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The scope of the subject is to support the project based education connecting the geospatial technology and social geography. Students will learn how to analyse and visualise selected problems of social geography (location - allocation tasks, geomarketing, crime analysis and prediction), apply GIS methodologies and tools, and develop a GIS project.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to understand the area of GIS use in social geography and apply the GIS technology for analysis and presentation of selected problems.
Key topics
1. Geospatial technology in social geography - history, terminology, basic geospatial methods;
2. Selected data sources and formats and their us (spatial data infrastructures, geocoding sources);
3. Geospatial technologies and methods for social geography ( spatial analysis and spatial queries, network analysis, thematic mapping and visualisation of multidimensional data, decision support systems);
4. Location - allocation problems;
5. Geomarketing;
6. Crime analysis and prediction;
7. Geospatial technology in emergency management;
8. Spatio-temporal data visualisation.

Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • CARTER, J. Chris. Introduction to human geography using ArcGIS online. Second edition. Redlands, California: Esri Press, 2023, ix, 363. ISBN 9781589487468. info
  • MAREK, Lukáš. Prostorové a vícerozměrné statistické analýzy epidemiologických dat. 1. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci pro Katedru geoinformatiky, 2015, 168 stran. ISBN 9788024448206. info
  • BURIAN, Jaroslav; Vít PÁSZTO and Pavel TUČEK. Geoinformatika při analýzách rurálního a urbánního prostoru. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013, 121 s. ISBN 9788024437835. info
  • PARKER, Robert Nash and Emily K. ASENCIO. GIS and spatial analysis for the social sciences : coding, mapping and modeling. New York, NY: Routledge, 2008, xx, 246. ISBN 9780415989626. info
  • CHAINEY, Spencer and Jerry RATCLIFFE. GIS and crime mapping. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2005, xiii, 428. ISBN 0470860987. info
  • DEMERS, Michael N. Fundamentals geographic information systems. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000, xiii, 498. ISBN 0471314234. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
lecture and group project
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
group project, and oral exam or written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
http://www.muni.cz/people/1919/
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011 - acreditation, autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2026.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2025, recent)
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