Cartography MSc - Curriculum

Subject: Thematic cartography 3
Code: ITM-TK3
Credits: 3
Type of the course Lecture Practical Consultation
Credits 3    
Hourss/week 2    
Testing Exam    
Topics Milestones in the visualization of data and in the history of  thematic cartography
Digital data sources 1 (basemaps)
Digital data sources (thematic content)
Alternative ways of thematic representation (distorted cartograms)
Alternative ways of thematic representation (Chernoff)
Categorization in GIS: new methods and examples
Development of traditional thematic representation by GIS
The of sound in thematic cartography
Cybercartography
Literature
  • Klinghammer–Papp-Váry: Földünk tükre a térkép. Gondolat, Budapest, 1983
  • linghammer–Papp-Váry: Tematikus kartográfia. Tankönyvkiadó, Budsapest, 1980
Suggested literature
  • F. Taylor: Cybercartography. Theory and practice. Elsevier, London, 2005
  • D. Dorling−D. Fairbairn– Mapping ways of representing the world. Pearson Kiadó, Nagy Britannia, 2007
  • A témához kapcsolódó honlapok.

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