Abstract
The aim of this bachelor thesis was to create atlas of landscape changes in Lake Most area. The partial goals include evaluation of landscape development within historical context, visualization of land cover structure in 1842, 1938, 1952, 1987 and 2021, and creatation of additional maps, graphs and tables to illustrate land cover development for the whole monitored period.
The theoretical part explains the basic concepts related to landscape and land cover and describes the base data layers and methods for analysing and evaluating landscape changes. Furthermore, the rules, concepts and methods of thematic cartography are described.
This is followed by the physical-geographical and socio-economic characteristics of Lake Most area and its historical development in regards to coal mining and reclamation. In the practical part, a suitable atlas creation method is proposed based on the acquired knowledge.
The key part of the map creation process is working with historical base data layers. The output of the work is a printed atlas of landscape changes in the area of Lake Most, created in ArcGIS and InDesign softwares.