摘要：The contribution deals with scientific interpretation of visual characteristics of the landscape, which was not verydiscussed theme until today. Our study concerns the landscape of the High Tatra Mountains. Emphasis is put onanthropogenically influenced settlement areas, with markedly displayed objects of travel movement with downhill courses.Weassess visual characteristics of the landscape as landform configuration and land-cover structure composition, in order toexpress basic visual characteristics of the studied area. Research works in the field were important element of our research,being followed by a phase of data processing. We selected one of exposed localities with high anthropogenic influence in theHigh Tatras. It is a locality situated between settlement of Tatranská Lomnica and slopes below and above the Skalnatépleso Lake. We identified visual fields (visual sectors and zones), from where are characteristic views on the mountains. Wevisualised landforms in their context to geological structure in a 3Dmodel. The results obtained in this case study may be appliedas a basis for environmental impact assessment (EIA) and can lead to eventual propositions of new design of downhillcourses in visual exposed areas.
关键词：visual exposed areas; visual characteristics of landscape; relief’s forms; 3D model; land-cover structure
