Cartography MSc - Curriculum
Subject: Cartographic visualization 2
Code: ITM-KV2E, ITM-KV2G
Credits: 2+1
Type of the course Lecture Practical Consultation
Credits 2 2  
Hourss/week 2 1  
Testing Exam Practical  
Topics Cartographic communication and visualization.
User-oriented research: physiological and physiological experiments
Cognitive cartography and visualization. The cognitive aspects of visualization.
Communication of information and expression. The language of visual communication. The composition of the image.  Methods of image duplication: material and virtual.
The visual representation of space in art and science. The history and modern application of perspective methods. The medium and the display of images.
The graphic structure of the map. Horizontal organization.
Vertical hierarchy.
The application of graphic semiotics: visual variables and data.
Mass media maps: the problem of design. Cartography and politics.
Maps for tourism, recreation, advertisement and propaganda.
Maps for special user groups.
The map as visual interface. Designing interactive, multimedia, and dynamic representations. Three dimensional, realistic, real-time  representations, virtual globes.
Mobile and ubiquitous cartography. Mash-up, community mapping.
The representation of abstract and virtual spaces. Network visualizations.
Literature
  • Cartographic Communication, Cartographica, Monograph No. 19. ,1977.
  • Bálványos Huba – Sánta László: Vizuális megismerés, vizuális kommunikáció. Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 1997.
  • Márkus Béla (szerk.): NCGIA Core Curriculum – Magyarított Változat. EFE, Székesfehérvár, 1994.
Suggested literature
  • MacEachren, Alan M., Taylor, D. R. Fraser: Visualization in modern cartography. Oxford, Elsevier, 1994.
  • MacEachren, A.M. – Kraak, M.J.: Exploratory cartographic visualization: advancing the agenda. In: Computers & Geosciences, 23 (4), 1997.
  • Bertin, Jacques: Semiology of graphics. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1983.
  • Dent, Borden D.: Principles of Thematic Map Design. Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1985.
  • Arthur H. Robinson: The look of maps. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1954.
  • Mark Monmonier: How to Lie with Maps. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1991.
  • Cartwright, William, Peterson, Michael P., Gartner, Georg (szerk.): Multimedia cartography. Berlin, New York, Springer, 1999.
  • Dodge, M.-Kitchin R.. Mapping Cyberspace. Routledge, London. 2001.
  • Martin Dodge - Rob Kitchin: Atlas of Cyberspace. Addison Wesley, London, 2001.
  • Barabási A. László: Behálózva: A hálózatok új tudománya.Magyar Könyvklub, 2003.
  • Martin Dodge - Mary McDerby - Martin Turne (eds.): Geographic Visualization: Concepts, Tools and Applications. Wiley, London-New York, 2008.
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