Design Map Symbols for Catholic Religious Institutes in the Czech Lands
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F15%3A00231637" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/15:00231637 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.sgem.org/sgemlib/spip.php?article5848" target="_blank" >http://www.sgem.org/sgemlib/spip.php?article5848</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/SGEM2015/B22/S11.102" target="_blank" >10.5593/SGEM2015/B22/S11.102</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Design Map Symbols for Catholic Religious Institutes in the Czech Lands
Original language description
The article describes systematization of Roman Catholic religious institutes (i.e. orders and congregations) which existed or still exist in the Czech lands and the proposal of cartographic signs which was based on this division. Set of point map symbolswas designed for small scale maps using theory of map language and visual variables. The major work output is a font with map signs as glyphs. Fonts are easy way how to share point symbols within geographic information system software like ArcGIS ? oneof the present standard for map making. Map signs typically represent monasteries and they were suggested for historians or informed laymen. The systematization of Czech religious institutes is described quite well in monastic literature but religious maps showing monasteries are few. Their map keys was often developed by non-cartographers or signs was designed ad hoc without proper research of all religious institutions and their evolution. The contribution is trying to remedy this stat
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
15th INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC GEOCONFERENCE SGEM 2015
ISBN
978-619-7105-35-3
ISSN
1314-2704
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
811-818
Publisher name
STEF92 Technology Ltd.
Place of publication
Sofia
Event location
Albena, BULGARIA
Event date
Jun 18, 2015
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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