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Winter Quarter 2020 Instructor: Keith C. Clarke

Office: 1720 Ellison Hall Email to: kclarke@geog.ucsb.edu Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:45-3:30 pm.
Lecture: Class meets Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-1:45pm in 3621 Ellison Hall.
Reader: Materials will be disseminated in class. A reading list will be added to this page and links developed over time.
TA: Matthew Feliciano e-mail matthew.feliciano@geog.ucsb.edu Office Hours: TBA
Lab meets Friday 12:00- 1:50 ELLSN 3620 Star Lab

When	*What*	*Laboratory*	Reading
January 7th	Introduction to the class: Themes and Assignments Selected Images for the Class Video from 2018	Discussion of term paper. Suitable topics. Assorted web links here	Sobel, D. Chapter 4
	TOPIC 1: Geographical Positioning and Maps
January 9th	From before the compass to the chronometer Video from 2018	Using MapAnalyst	Bernhand Jenny's PPT from ICHC2007
January 14th	Introductory Video: Harrison (Nova) Video from 2018
January 16th	The rise of geodesy, satellites and GPS Video from 2018
	TOPIC 2: Thematic cartography
January 21st	Early thematic cartography Video from 2018	Assignment 1: Distortion on Old Maps	See GauchoSpace for Data and Assignment
January 23rd	The history of quantitative graphics Video from 2018	Assignment 2: Mapping Poverty in Los Angeles	See GauchoSpace for Assigment and Data
	TOPIC 3: Exploration and the Expansion of Nation States
January 28th	The Early Explorers: Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo Video from 2018	Assignment 3: Explorer Routes in Google Earth	Example: Columbus' 4 voyages: One Two Three Four
January 30th	Enter the Americas: Columbus' legacy (Video)	Assignment 4	See GauchoSpace for Assigment and Data
February 4th	Oceans Currents, the shape of the world and the age of discovery Video from 2018		The Vinland Map: NOVA website
February 6th	Mapping networks Video from 2018	A Beck Map of LA Freeways
February 11th	Colonial Mapping: the Middle East and Africa Video from 2018	Assignment 5	See GauchoSpace for Assigment and Data
	TOPIC 4: Perceptions of Foreign Lands
February 13th	Cartographic Red Herrings: Frobisher's Gold, Inland Seas and Frisland Video from 2018
February 18th	Mapping Denied Territory: Secret maps of the Cold War Video from 2018		CORONA website
February 20th	Mapping the Pacific: The South Sea Bubble and Terra Australis Video from 2018
February 25th	Maps as Propaganda Video from 2018	Assignment 5	See GauchoSpace for Assigment and Data
	TOPIC 5: Toponymy
February 27th	The Board on Geographic Names and Names on Maps Video from 2018
March 3rd	Maps and Language: Contested Words Video from 2018	Assignment 6 Research on Geographic Names Histories	California
	TOPIC 6: Maps and Visualization
March 5th	Terrain Mapping: A history Video from 2018
March 10th	A history of Multimedia and Web GIS Video from 2018
March 12th	Final Class Presentations	To be completed during scheduled final
March 16th (Monday)	Final Class Presentations continue	12noon-3pm

This class is designed to show how technical and scientific development in cartography produced a series of instruments, practitioners, and ultimately maps that illustrate the strive for cartographic knowledge, accuracy and lucidity. In lectures, we will explore history by theme, tracing how developments in methods and ideas went hand in hand. In labs, we will build an experience through the analysis, replication and use of historical maps and mapping instruments. There will be six laboratory assignments that will make practical the ideas introduced in lecture (each worth 10% of the grade). Also a brief paper, discussing a map or mapping method of particular interest to the student encountered during the course.The paper should be no longer than five pages, including references and illustrations, suitable for use as a Wiki entry. Worth 30%. The papers will be reduced to powerpoint presentations: each with no more than four slides and lasting five minutes. This will take the place of the final (10%)

Web site: There is a special purpose map web site for this class, which can be found at: http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/mapsandsociety

This page last updated 1/8/2020 by Keith Clarke kclarke@geog.ucsb.edu