| Subject: |
Thematic cartography 1 |
| Code: |
ITM-TK1 |
| Credits: |
1+2 |
| Type of the course |
Lecture |
Practical |
Consultation |
| Credits |
1 |
3 |
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| Hourss/week |
1 |
2 |
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| Testing |
Exam |
Practical |
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| Topics |
Theory
- Thematic cartography in the science of cartography
- History of thematic cartography
- Content, sources and background maps of thematic maps
- The role of colours in the representation of the thematic content
- Graphical visualization tools
- Point-like representation methods (mathematical ways of grouping)
- Linear representation methods
- Areal representation methods
- Maps of natural processes
- Maps of economic and social processes
Practice: Choosing and application of the relevant representation method (data from the Central Statistical Office) - Comparison of different grouping methods - Compiling a complex thematic map - Making a thematic map in GIS |
| Literature |
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Klinghammer−Papp-Váry: Tematikus kartográfia. Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest 1975
- linghammer−Papp-Váry: Földünk tükre a térkép. Gondolat, Budapest, 1983
- Zentai: Számítógépes térképészet. ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, Budapest, 2000
- Klinghammer−Pápay−Török: Kartográfiatörténet. ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, Budapest, 1995
- Faragó: Kartográfia II. Középiskolai tankönyv, 2007
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| Suggested literature |
- B. Dent: Principles of Thematic Map Design. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1985
- F. Monkhouse−H. Wilkinson: Maps and Diagrams. Methuen & Co., London, 1981
- E. Arnberger: Thematische Kartographie. Franz Deuticke Verlag, Bécs, 1966
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