Week 5 – 10/13/09

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Map Design Competition (Week 4)

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Maps From Assignment 2

This page is gallery of the maps from the first cartographic assignment. Continue reading “Maps From Assignment 2″»

Week 4 – 10/6/09

This week we will critique your homework, discuss your final projects, review the basic principles of cartography, and we’ll have a map design competition.  Its going to be a busy evening! Continue reading “Week 4 – 10/6/09″»

Submitting Map Files

In this class we’ll make a lot of maps.  We will be reviewing each others work regularly in class.  To facilitate discussion the maps you make for each homework assignment will be posted to the class website.  Each person is required to submit electronic versions of each map.  If the Price text book says “capture this map” – follow these instructions to submit the file. Continue reading “Submitting Map Files”»

Week 3 – 9/29/09

This week we’ll learn about map projections and coordinate systems, we’ll review the material from last week, and we will visit the library to get an overview of sources of geographic data. Continue reading “Week 3 – 9/29/09″»

Week 2 – 9/22/09

We’ll spend some time discussing the Monmonier article.  We’ll continue the previous lecture with a discussion about data modeling.  There will be an exercise in class on ways to query spatial and non-spatial data (using SQL). Continue reading “Week 2 – 9/22/09″»

Process Sketches for Homework

For the first few weeks  when you complete a homework I’d like you to sketch out the process you used to answer the question.  The diagram should roughly:

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Week 1 – 9/15/09

The goal of the first week to get you acquainted with the class – we’ll discuss the logistics of the course.  There will be a lecture that provides a conceptual overview of the field and introduces the material we’ll cover.

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