Welcome

Analytical and Computer Cartography is an upper division Geography class designed to enrich students knowledge and skill in the theory and practise of cartography. Class will consist of lectures that present the concepts behind computer mapping and laboratories in which students use open source mapping software to produce maps for themselves.

Grades will be assigned on the basis of a mid-term and a final (each worth 25% of the grade) and five laboratory assignments, each worth 10%. Students are expected to create personal web-sites, and to add the completed maps they create to the site as the quarter progresses.

Links to the left are to the lecture and laboratory schedules. Occasional PDF files of papers will be added to the website under "Extras", as coordinated to the lectures. While most of the readings are included because they will be mentioned in class, nevertheless you should read and absorb their content. The "Extras" link is for assorted web and other materials that I will mention in lectures and labs.

The class goals are: (1) to create students who can skillfully and knowledgeably create high quality maps and graphics for other classwork, and for professional posters and presentations, both during and after their UCSB experience; and (2) to demonstrate that cartography consists of both theory (analytical cartography) and practise (computer cartography).