Geography >> Links

When searching the Internet often we find useful links. Therefore, it is not surprising that with time the list grows wider and has to be structured. Links are oriented primarily at cartography. Those related primarily to aesthetics are available directly in the section on aesthetics. Those related primarily to mental maps are available directly in the section on mental maps.


Information sources, libraries, map collections, magazines

Catalogue and databases of National Library of the CR (NKP) http://nkp.cz
Municipal Library of Prague http://mlp.cz
Geography Library University in Prague ( OPAC) http://ucebny.natur.cuni.cz/gk/
Vienna University of Technology Library http://www.ub.tuwien.ac.at/
Vienna University Library http://www.ub.univie.ac.at/
Austrian National Library http://www.onb.ac.at/
Bavarian State Library http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/
Library/Archiv - Leibniz-Institut in Leipzig http://www.ifl-leipzig.de/de/bibliothek-archiv.html
Bibliotheca Albertina (University in Leipzig Library) http://www.ub.uni-leipzig.de/
Map Collection of Charles University in Prague http://www.natur.cuni.cz/mapcol/
Library and Map Collection ETH Zürich     http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/ks/
Harvard Map Collection http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/maps/
Kartografické listy (Slovakian Yearbook of Cartography) http://gis.fns.uniba.sk/kartografickelisty
Geodetický a kartografický obzor (Monthly in the CR) http://www.cuzk.cz/Dok
GeoBusinness: information about geoinformatics   http://www.geobusiness.cz
Zeměměřič: information in province http://www.zememeric.cz/
Víme, víte: information webportal http://www.vimevite.cz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cartographic and other organisations and groups

 

International Cartographic Association (ICA) http://www.icaci.org/
Czech Cartographic Society http://www.czechmaps.cz/
Czech Geographical Society www.geography.cz
Cartography and GIS Section by CGS  
Czech Association for Geoinformation www.cagi.cz
Commission ICA Art and Cartography http://artcarto.wordpress.com/
International Map Trade Association (IMTA) http://www.maptrade.org/
German Cartographic Society http://www.dgfk.net/index.php
Austrian Geographical Society http://arcims.isr.oeaw.ac.at/website/oegg/oegg.htm

Professional and specialised working places

 

Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre (COSMC) http://www.cuzk.cz/
Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography http://www.vugtk.cz/
Institute of Geography, Slovac Academy of Sciences http://www.geography.sav.sk
Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences http://www.hiu.cas.cz
Austrian Office for Surveying... (Vienna) http://www.bev.gv.at/

Cartography at nearby universities

 

Department of Apllied Geoinformatics and Cartography http://natur.cuni.cz/gis
Department of Mapping and Cartography (TU Prague) http://www.fsv.cvut.cz/katedry/katedra2.php?Katedra=153
Faculty of Environmental Sciences http://www.fzp.czu.cz
Department of Geography in Brno http://www.geogr.muni.cz/
Department of Geography in České Budějovice http://www.pf.jcu.cz/stru/katedry/z/
Department of Geography in Liberec http://www.kge.tul.cz/
Department of Geoinformatics UP in Olomouc http://www.geoinformatics.upol.cz/
Institute of Geoinformatics in Ostrava http://gis.vsb.cz/
Department of Geography in Plzni http://www.kge.zcu.cz/
Department of Geomatics in Plzeň http://gis.zcu.cz/
Department of Geography in Ústí nad Labem http://geography.ujep.cz/
Institute of System Engineering and Informatics in Pardubice http://www.upce.cz/en/fes/usii.html
Department of Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing in Bratislava http://gis.fns.uniba.sk/
Cartography Research Group, TU Vienna http://cartography.tuwien.ac.at/
Cartography and Geoinformatics, Uni Vienna http://carto.univie.ac.at/
Institute of Cartography ETH (Zürich) http://www.karto.ethz.ch
Institute of Geography and Spatial Reseach (Graz) http://www.uni-graz.at/geowww/
Institute of Cartography, TU Dresden http://kartographie.geo.tu-dresden.de/
Institute of Cartography in Munich http://129.187.175.5/lfkwebsite/
Faculty of Geoinformatics at the Highschool Munich http://www.fh-muenchen.de/home/fb/fb08/

Private cartographic companies

 

B.A.T. Program, Ltd. http://www.batprogram.cz/
Freytag-Berndt, Ltd. http://www.freytagberndt.cz/
Geodézie ČS, Corp. http://www.geodezie.cz
Geodézie On Line, Ltd. http://www.geodezieonline.cz/
GISAT, Ltd. http://www.gisat.cz/
Kartografie Praha, Corp. http://www.kartografie.cz
PJsoft Ltd. http://www.pjsoft.cz/
Planstudio, Ltd. http://www.planstudio.cz/
SHOCart, Ltd. http://www.shocart.cz/cs/
T-mapy, Ltd. http://www.tmapy.cz
Žaket, Ltd. http://www.zaket.cz/

Interesting topics

Anagrams of networks of public transport http://www.tamtamvienna.com/
KinderUni = Child-University http://www.kinderuni.at/