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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Cartographic deformations ? linear, angular, areal deformation. Tissot indicatrix construction. Ellipsoid onto the sphere projections. Pseudoconic, pseudoazimuthal and pseudocylindrical projections and their modifications. Polyconic projections. Unclassified projections. Polyedric projections and their applications. Map projections selection and identification. Historical evolution of map projections. Map projections used at ČR and ČSR. Map projections used in surrounding countries. Reverse problem of mathematical cartography. Projections assessment and optimization criteria. Mini-maximal and variational type of projections. Map anamorphosis. Concrete examples of coordinate reference systems transformations (Burša-Wolf method, Molodensky method and grid based method). Possible ways of definition of the coordinate reference systems data set. Mathematical cartography and coordinate reference systems in selected GIS products.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Interactive lecture, Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Collaborative instruction, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 5 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 10 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| Students should be familiar with basic notions of mathematical cartography to the extent of the course KMA/KM1. |
| learning outcomes |
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| Student get intimate summary of important chapters of mathematical cartography above all about basic questions of cartographic deformations and map projections theory. |
| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Interactive lecture |
| Textual studies |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| assessment methods |
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| Oral exam |
| Written exam |
| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Buchar P. Matematická kartografie 10. ČVUT Praha, 2002.
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Pyšek, Jiří. Kartografie, kartometrie a matematická geografie v příkladech. Vyd. 1. [Plzeň] : Západočeská univerzita, 1995. ISBN 80-7043-157-1.
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Pyšek, Jiří. Matematická kartografie : Třída jednoduchých zobrazení. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Pedagogická fakulta Západočeské univerzity, 1995. ISBN 80-7043-165-2.
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