SUBJECT

Title

Web cartography

Type of instruction

practical

Level

master

Faculty

Faculty of Informatics

Part of degree program
Credits

3

Recommended in

Semester 3

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description

  1. Introduction: Brief history of the Web and HTML language. More frequent file formats. Vector- and raster-based graphic formats.

  2. Web resources for making maps 1: base maps

  3. Web resources for making maps 2: thematic data and maps

  4. Basics of HTML language 1: Basic characteristics of HTML

  5. Internal structure of the HTML files and its components. Heading of a file, HTML tags in the heading. Main HTML codes. 5.- Basics of HTML language 2: Brief description of CSS and JavaScript. Use of styles and JavaScript modules in HTML files.

  6. Types of HTML editors, practical presentation of free software, including Web-based editors.

  7. Definition and characteristics of an image map, HTML codes needed for its programming. Use of image maps in websites related to Cartography: advantages and disadvantages.

  8. Preliminary steps to make an image map: re-edition of vector-based files, conversion to raster format.

  9. Free software and websites to make image maps.

  10. Newest map-based solutions on the Web 1: Cloud-based thematic mapping. The Google World

  11. Newest map-based solutions on the Web 2: Cloud-based thematic mapping software (Google Drive Fusion Tables)

  12. Google-based collaborative cartography 1

  13. Google-based collaborative cartography 2

Readings

 

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