| Schedule of Lectures and Readings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Lecture Topic | Readings |
| 3 January | 01: Explosion of maps; Expectations of class | Syllabus (hand out maps) |
| 4/6 (Lab) |
Lab : Cartographic web resources and a map that was never made before... |
Lab policies |
| 5 | 02: Ways to represent | Muehrcke Ch1 |
| 7 | 03: Geographical data | Muehrcke Ch2 |
| 10 | 04: Cartographic abstraction | Muehrcke Ch3 |
| 11/13 | Lab: Map types [Meet in Map Library] | |
| 12 | 05: more map symbols | Muehrcke Ch3 |
| 14 | 06: Image maps | Muehrcke Ch4 |
| 17 | Martin Luther King HOLIDAY | |
| 18/20 | Images: air photographs & satellite sources | |
| 19 | 07: Remote Sensing | Muehrcke Appendix B, Ch24 |
| 21 | 08: Landform Portrayal | Muehrcke Ch5 |
| 24 | 09: Landform Interpretation | Muehrcke Ch21; PLUS slope p.352-355 (ch 16) |
| 25/27 | Lab: Contour maps / interpretation | |
| 26 | 10: Locational Reference Systems, Scale | Muehrcke Ch11, Appendix A |
| 28 | 11: Distance and Direction (GPS) | Muehrcke Ch12, 13, 15 (lightly) |
| 31 | 12: Projections | Muehrcke Appendix C |
| 1/3 Feb. | Projections Lab (ArcView) | |
| 2 Feb. | 13: Review and questions | |
| 4 | HOUR EXAM | |
| 7 | 15: more thematic maps | Muehrcke Ch 6, 7, 9 |
| 8/10 | Tailoring a cartographic product | |
| 9 | 16: Time and Maps | Muehrcke Ch8 |
| 11 | 17: GIS | Muehrcke Ch19 |
| 14 | 18: Overlay and Buffer | |
| 15/17 | Lab: Site Selection scenario | |
| 16 | 19: GIS transformations | Muehrcke Ch17 |
| 18 | 20: Accuracy assessment | Muehrcke Ch20 |
| 21 | PRESIDENT'S DAY | |
| 22/24 | Lab: makeup labs, focus on reports | |
| 23 | 21: Maps and Reality | Muehrcke Ch25 |
| 25 | 22: GIS applications in local government | |
| 28 | 23: GIS applications in Science | |
| 29/ 2March | Help on reports | |
| 1 March | 24: GIS applications in Business and as infrastructure | |
| 3 | 25: Guest speaker: Dale Bennett, Dames and Moore | |
| 6 | 26: Future Directions of Maps and GIS | |
| 7/9 | Reports PRESENTED | |
| 8 | (Reports overflow) | |
| 10 | Review and question period | |
| 15 March | FINAL HOUR EXAM | 9:00-10:20 (Wed.) |