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Agenda
On Monday, Welcome and Introductions begin at
8:45am in Ellison Hall, Room 2620, followed by the lecture
at 9:15. On all other days, the lecture is from 9:00am
to 1:00pm daily in Room 2620. Exercises are from 2:00
to 5:00pm in Room 2610 (computer lab next door).
Monday, 23 July:
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8:45 |
Welcome
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Welcome and Introductions |
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9:15 |
Lectures:
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• Why visualize spatial data in the social
sciences?
(Dorling)
• The cartographic communication process:
map purpose, map functions, and map
audience (Buttenfield)
• Putting data into context: Locational reference
systems and map projections (Tobler)
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2:00 |
Exercise:
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Map design with graphic illustration software
(Freehand).
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Tuesday, 24 July:
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9:00 |
Lectures:
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• Working at different map scales: map generalization
(Buttenfield)
• The art in c a r t ography: graphic design
issues
• Map symbolization: The visual variables
(Fabrikant)
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2:00 |
Exercise:
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More on map design (Freehand, WWW)
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Wednesday, 25 July:
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9:00 |
Lectures:
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• Symbolizing point, line, and areal features
(Fabrikant)
• Mapping statistical data: data classification
(Buttenfield)
• Mapping statistical data: cartograms (Dorling)
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2:00 |
Exercise:
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Downloading, processing, classifying, and visualizing
census data with GIS (WWW, Excel, ArcView)
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Thursday, 26 July:
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9:00 |
Lectures:
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• Mapping change in statistical data: geographical
movement
(Tobler)
• Continuous representations of statistical
data: geographical interpolation (Tobler)
• Spatial analysis with maps: dasymetric
mapping (Fabrikant)
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2:00 |
Exercise:
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Dasymetric mapping (ArcView)
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Friday, 27 July:
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9:00 |
Lectures:
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• Current developments in geographic visualization
(GVis), including 3D mapping,
animation etc. (Dorling/Clarke)
• Information Visualization: using GVis principles
for non-spatial data (Fabrikant)
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2:00
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Projects:
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Presentation and discussion of participants'
own data/mapping projects. Bring your data, bring
information on your own mapping ideas/project
to share with the group!
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