Z8121 Global Spatial Data Project

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Milan Konečný, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radim Štampach, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Milan Konečný, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Milan Konečný, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Thu 11:00–12:50 Z3,02045
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Objective of the course in terms of learning outcomes and competences The aim of the course is to characterize methodology, concepts and gradual steps of building global spatial-oriented projects with emphasis on Global Map, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure, Digital Earth Planet, UN Geographic Data Base, GEO, GEOSS, UN- DRR) and the United Nations - Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), and a Digital Belt and Road (DBAR). In addition to organizational, economic, political, and environmental aspects, attention is also focused on technological issues, in particular data quality and legislative aspects related to the use of data in different cultural, political, and economic environments. Questions and prerequisites for creating a global sustainable information society.
Learning outcomes
Students and graduates will be able to understand the role of global spatial data projects to address existing Earth problems (eg environmental issues, early warning and crisis management, global warming, etc.). Furthermore, the role of countries such as the Czech Republic and the Czech Republic, SR in the creation of these projects and the possibility of involvement in them. At the same time, they will also be able to assess the economic aspects involved in projects, ie the cost savings for already existing data in global and regional projects, as well as the possibility of intellectual property intellectual property and its economic appreciation in projects.
Syllabus
1. Agenda 21 and its role in the establishment, creation, and utilization of a global spatial-oriented project. Impulses of the Rio 92 and Rio+10 conferences. 2. Information society and sustainable development: sustainable global information society. 3. Requirements and motives leading to the creation of global spatial projects. 4. Global map project: history of establishment, concept, content, and data interpretation. 5. Use and precision testing of Global map outputs. Data updating. 6. EuroglobalMap: European contribution to Global Map. 7. Global spatial data infrastructure (GSDI): motives of creation, importance for the Global information society. Organization and approach to implementation. 8. GSDI: description of geospatial data, geospatial data catalog. 9. GSDI: geospatial data visualization, Web mapping, access, and delivery of geospatial data, open data access, geospatial services, case studies. 10. Digital planet Earth (DE): reflection of national spatial data infrastructures, technological approach (Al Gore), sustainable information society (European-Chinese-Asian-Australian approach). New Digital Earth Strategic Architecture: A Framework and Meta-Framework for Planetary Intelligence and Sustainability Governance (2025). 11. Geographic database of the United Nations: motives, concept, data layers, updating, and interpretation. 12. The U.N. GGIM (Global Geospatial Information Management) a DBAR (Digital Belt and Road). Descriptions and comparison. srovnání. 13. Role and scientific agenda of small countries in global spatial-oriented projects; interrelationship with National geoinformation infrastructure (NGII) in the Czech Republic. 14. Case business study: use of global spatial-oriented projects.
Literature
    required literature
  • Huadong Guo, Michael F. Goodchild, Alessandro Annoni (2019). Manual of Digital Earth. Springer Singapore, 852 p., https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9915-3
  • Abbas Rajabifard, Daniel Paez, Greg Foliente (2021) COVID-19 Pandemic, Geospatial Information, and Community Resilience. CRC Press. 558 p. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003181590
  • Longley,P.A., Goodchild,M.F., Maurige,D.J., Rhind,D.W.(2001): Geographic Information Systems and Science, Wiley and Sons. Chichester, 454p.
    recommended literature
  • Hui Lin, Michael Batty (2014) Virtuální geografická prostředí. Masarykova univerzita. 351 p. ISBN: 978-80-210-6990-9
Teaching methods
theoretical lectures
Assessment methods
The course is concluded with an examination in the form of a written test, in which the student demonstrates orientation and deep knowledge of the concepts, purpose, and use of global spatially oriented data projects.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Teacher's information
The course is concluded with an examination in the form of a written test, in which the student demonstrates orientation and deep knowledge of the concepts, purpose and use of global spatially oriented data projects.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, autumn 2017, Spring 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Spring 2026.
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