PřF:Z8106 Mathematical cartography - Course Information
Z8106 Mathematical cartography
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Radim Štampach, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Radim Štampach, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Radim Štampach, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Z2062 Cartography || Z0062 Cartography and Geoinformatics || Z2062p Cartography
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to present to students the importance of mathematical geometric bases of terrain models and the role of mathematical cartography in their creation, theory of map projections and map projections used in state co-ordinate systems and general geographical maps.
- Learning outcomes
- After this course, students will understand the issue of map projections. They will know which projection fit to different purposes and they will learn how to create a map projection according to the defined conditions. They will understand the meaning of the numbers and coefficients that they normally set in GIS programs in seconds without thinking about them.
- Syllabus
- 1. Main characteristics of projection, their consequence for maps and digital spatial data
- 2. Distorsion types, distorsion and map content realtionship, scale factor
- 3. Line distorsion, extrems, evaluation
- 4. Angular and areal distorsins
- 5. Spheroid to sphere projection, main properties, using
- 6. Cylindrical projection, main properties, using
- 7. Conical projection, main properties, using
- 8. Azimuthal (Planar) projection, main properties, using
- 9. Projections of hemisphere and planisphere
- 10. Gaussian and UTM projection, properties, using
- 11. Lambert conformal conic projection, main properties, using. Krovak modification.
- 12. Projections transformations
- 13. GIS tools of projections and their using for maps and digital spatial data creation
- Literature
- SRNKA, Erhart. Matematická kartografie. Vydání: první. Brno: Vojenská akademie Antonína Zápotockého, 1986, 302 stran. info
- [12] Základy matematická kartografie, studijní texty, ISBN: 978-80-7231-297-9, 157 s., 122 obrázků, Vydavatelská skupina UO Brno 2007, http://user.unob.cz/talhofer/
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and Project - map projections of a given territory. Project - map projections for a given territory.
- Assessment methods
- The exam takes the form of a written test or an oral exam. The results of the exercise are taken into account.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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