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PRODUCTION CARTOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY 118
UCSB SPRING QUARTER 2000
PROFESSOR KEITH C. CLARKE

 

COURSE INFORMATION

 

OFFICE HOURS

Thursdays 11:00-1:30pm.
LECTURE

Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00-3:15 pm in 3621 Ellison Hall

WWW

http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~kclarke/g118.outline.html
TEXT

Slocum, Terry, A. (1999) Thematic Cartography and Visualization. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
LABORATORY
SECTIONS
 Labs will meet in the third floor Descartes Laboratory in Ellison Hall. Students should read all references, and expect a few of the examination questions to relate to the concepts they cover, but the bulk of the exams will cover the text and the laboratory design exercises.

  • Lab 1: Monday 6:00-8:50pm.

  • Lab 2: Wednesday 6:00-8:50pm
TEACHING ASSISTANT

Matt Rice
Email to: rice@geog.ucsb.edu

 

SYLLABUS
When What Reading
April 4th  How Map Assignments will be Graded. Lab 1: Intro Chapter 1, Grading Guidelines
April 6th The History of Thematic Cartography & Map Production Chapter 1
April 11th  Symbolizing Spatial Data. Bertin Variables. Chapter 2
April 13th Map Elements and Map Design  Chapter 2 p. 33-end
April 18th Statistical maps and graphics Lab 2: Intro Chapter 3
April 20th Choropleth Mapping: Classification methods Chapter 4
April 25th Choropleth Mapping: Symbols and Color Chapter 5, 6
April 27th Dot Mapping and Proportional Symbols Chapters 7, 10
May 2nd Isarithmic Mapping Lab 3: Intro Chapter 8
May 4th Mid-term Examination Sanity Break
May 9th Terrain Representation Chapter 9
May 11th Univariate Mapping Chapter 11
May 16th Typography and Toponymy Lab 4: Intro Chapter 14
May 18th Bivariate and Multivariate Mapping Chapter 12
May 23th Data Exploration, Visualization and Animation Chapter 15
May 25th Map Composition for the WWW Chapter 16
May 30th Research Developments Lab 5: Intro Chapter 17
June 1st Map Editing, Ethics and Publishing Review 
June 6th  Maps on the World Wide Web Web Links
June 8th Conclusion, Summary and Review. Slide Show of Class Work All
TBA Final Examination Ellison 3621 All since Mid-Term

 

ASSIGNMENTS   

There will be an assignment due about every two weeks. Deadlines will be attached to the individual assignments as they are posted on the Web. Each will be graded according to a set of grading guidelines that are listed here. These will be explained in detail during the first week of classes. You can increase your grade considerably by reading and understanding exactly what is expected from you.

      1. Newspaper Map to Specs Using Illustrator. 16%
      2. Animated Choropleth Map Using Illustrator and Gifmerge. 16%
      3. Proportional Symbol Map Using Illustrator. 16%
      4. Dorling Cartograms. 16%
      5. Open Topic (Requires TA approval in short proposal). 16%
Examples of student work from the 1998 class.
[Choose images from the slide show on the last day of class]

Grades will be assigned on the basis of the following.

  1. Mid-Term examination. 2 problems 10%.
  2. Final Examination. 2 problems, 10%.

 

The maps in the background are the work of Elizabeth Boyd, a formerGeog 118 student. View her animated original here.