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GEOG 3253

Cartography

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2024

Topics

  • Introduction to course
  • Mapping fundamentals
  • Lab No lab this week
  • How to do well in Lec Elements of a map and cartographic processes
  • Cartographic design and mapping landscapes
  • Lab Lab 1 continued
  • map critique
  • Ethics and critical cartography
  • Lab Lab 2 Part A: Sketch mapping
  • Mapping data
  • Participatory mapping techniques
  • Lab Lab 2 Part B: Collaborative mapping
  • No lab this week
  • Typology
  • Lab Lab 3 Part A: Customizing fonts in GIS
  • Independent project assigned
  • Symbology Cartography W9 Lab Lab 3 Part B: Customizing symbology in GIS
  • Colour W10 Lab Tutorial: More hand drawing techniques Thematic
  • In-lab critique of First draft of maps (Constructive, friendly peer
  • feedback)
  • Fantasy mapping
  • Lab Independent project work
  • Lec No lectures
  • discussion of critique and revisions
  • peer and self

Readings

  • Design, Third Edition. 2017. Gretchen Peterson. Imprint CRC Press.
Fall 2023

Topics

  • No Lab
  • Introduction to course
  • Mapping Fundamentals See slides for reading
  • Mapping Fundamentals Cont’d See slides for reading
  • PM Cartography
  • Mapping Fundamentals & cartographic planning
  • Reference
  • Choropleth Maps I: classification & symbology
  • Colour
  • Map planning & ethics
  • Independent project
  • Typology
  • Lab 7 Lab 7: Independent project work & discussion Thematic
  • Data representation
  • Lab 8 Lab 8: Independent project work & discussion Draft of independent
  • Creativity in map design
  • Map form & function
  • Final Projects
  • Map Gallery & Review

Readings

  • 2. GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design, Third Edition. Gretchen Peterson. Imprint CRC Press.
  • Weekly readings will be finalized by Friday Sept 15.
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