The schedule for both the Lecture and Lab portions of the course are listed
below. A complete version of the syllabus is also
available as an Adobe Acrobat file for viewing and printing
Date |
Lecture |
Reading |
Lab |
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1/15 |
No Class – Martin Luther King Day |
Chapter 1 |
No Lab |
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1/17 |
Introduction to the Class and Thematic Cartography |
Lab Exercise 1 Point of Interest |
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1/22 |
Introduction to Thematic Cartography |
Book 2 of Ptolomey’s Geography |
Introduction to Geography Computer Network |
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1/24 |
Cartography - Past, Present and Future |
Lab Exercise 2 Map Design |
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1/29 |
Map Scale and Map Projections |
Chapter 2 |
Introduction to ArcGIS |
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1/31 |
Map Projections |
Chapter 3 |
Lab Exercise 3 Map Projections |
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2/5 |
Processing of Geographical Data |
Chapters 4, 5 and 18 |
Introduction to Excel |
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2/7 |
Map Design |
Chapter 13 |
Lab Exercise 4 Statistics&Graphing |
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2/12 |
Map Organization |
Chapter 13 |
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator |
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2/14 |
Map Symbolization |
Chapter 4 |
Lab Exercise 5 Map Composition |
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2/19 |
Color |
Chapter 15 |
Advanced Adobe Illustrator |
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2/21 |
Typography |
Chapter 14 |
Lab Exercise 6 Map Lettering |
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2/26 |
TBD |
Review Sheet |
Map Layouts in ArcGIS |
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2/28 |
Exam 1 |
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3/6 |
Choropleth Maps |
Chapter 7 |
Choropleth maps in ArcGIS |
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3/7 |
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Lab Exercise 7 Choropleth Maps |
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3/12 |
J Spring Break J |
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3/14 |
J Spring Break J |
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3/19 |
Dot Maps |
Chapter 8 |
Dot Maps in ArcGIS |
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3/21 |
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Lab Exercise 8 Dot Maps |
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3/26 |
Proportional Circle Maps |
Chapter 9 |
Proportional Circle Maps in ArcGIS |
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3/28 |
Isarithmatic Maps |
Chapter 10 |
Lab Exercise 9 Proportional Circle Maps |
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4/2 |
Cartograms |
Chapter 11 |
Cartograms in ArcView |
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4/4 |
Flow Maps |
Chapter 12 |
Lab Exercise 10 Cartograms |
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4/9 |
Use of Satellite Images in Maps |
TBD |
Satellite Images in ArcGIS |
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4/11 |
How to Lie with Maps
Note: I may be in France this week |
TBD |
Lab Exercise 11 Isarithmatic Maps |
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4/16 |
Journalistic Maps |
Chapter 16 and 17 |
Large Format Map Production |
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4/18 |
Exam 2 |
Chapter 7 in How to Lie with Maps |
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4/23 |
An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
Chapter 6 |
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4/25 |
Future Trends in Cartography |
Lab Exercise 12 Journalistic Maps |
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4/30 |
Class wrap up |
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No Lab |
I reserve the right to make changes to the course schedule at any time
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