Geography 222 The Power of Maps and GIS

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Last Update: 11/13/12

Please watch here for updates to the course schedule.

Readings for each week should be completed by the first meeting of that week.

Lecture outlines, accessed by clicking on the lecture name in the schedule below, will be revised prior to lecture. Each lecture outline has the date of last revision at the top of the outline. Unless a Fall 2012 date is noted, the outline is not updated. I will do my best to finalize all revisions and updates to the lecture outlines a week before lecture.

Note on the lecture outlines and exams: This course is not as much about memorizing stuff as about thinking about stuff. I suggest you attend class, listen, ask questions, and take notes. Don't print out the lecture outlines, you can get at them anytime you want online. Take notes that supplement the notes online: the stuff I say which clarifies or adds to the materials printed or shown on the lecture outlines. The lecture outlines are not a substitute for attending class or taking your own notes.

Readings Abbreviations:
KW means readings Krygier and Wood Making Maps, 2nd ed. text.
M means readings from Monmonier How to Lie with Maps, 2nd ed. text.
Geography 222 Library Resources for exercises.

Digital Submissions Guide for exercises & exams

Week 1

Week 1 Readings: KW Introduction (pp. i-xviii) & ch 1 (How to Make a Map) & supplemental "What's A Map?" category at blog; M Forward, Introduction

Mon. August 27: No class meeting: Instructor at funeral
Wed. August 29: Introduction to Course
Fri. August 31: Map People


Week 2

Week 2 Readings: Wood's "LynchDebord"; Wood's "Narrative Atlas of Boylan Heights," & quickly review Geography 222 "Fall 2011 Psycho-Sensory Projects" & Geography 222 "Spring 2011 Psycho-Sensory Projects"

Mon. September 3: No class meeting: it's Labor's Day!
Wed. September 5: Map People (cont.) & Mental Maps & PsychoGeographies
Fri. September 7: Mapping Psychogeographies Planning/Work Session

Assign: Exercise 1: Mapping Psychogeographies

Week 3

Mon. September 10: Mapping Psychogeographies: Work Session
Wed. September 12: Paper-less Class Workshop & Digial Submissions Guide
DUE: Update on group progress (in class)
Fri. September 14: Mapping Psychogeographies: Work Session


Week 4

Mon. September 17: Demo PsychoGeography Maps
Due: Exercise 1
Wed. September 19: Demo PsychoGeography Maps (cont.)
Fri. September 21: Finding Real Maps
Assign: Exercise 2: Finding Real Maps

Week 5

Week 5 Readings: KW ch 1 (How to Make a Map) & ch 2 (What's Your Map For?) & supplemental "What's A Map?" and "Why are you Making Your Map" categories at blog; M ch. 2 (Elements), Appendix

Mon. September 24: Cartographic Maps
Wed. September 26: Cartographic Maps (cont.)
Fri. September 28: Work Session: Exercise 2


Week 6

Week 6 Readings (also for Exam 1): M ch. 5 (Maps that Advertise), ch. 6 (Development Maps), ch. 7 (Propaganda Maps), ch. 8 (Defence Maps), ch. 9 (Large Scale Maps).

Mon. October 1: A Cultural History of Maps
Wed. October 3: A Cultural History of Maps (cont.)
Due at 9:00 am: Exercise 2
Fri. October 5: TBA


Week 7

Week 7 Readings: KW ch. 3 (Mappable Data) & supplemental "Mappable Data" category at blog

Mon. October 8: Geographic Data
Wed. October 10: Geographic Data (cont.)
Fri. October 12: Geographic Data (cont.)
Assign: Exercise 3: Mappable Data on the WWW

Week 8

Week 8 Readings: Readings for Exam 1: Muehrcke, Munby, & Borges.

Mon. October 15: Assign Exam 1
Assign: Additional readings for Exam 1 (see Week 8 readings above) & Assign Exam 1
Wed. October 17: No class: Fall Break
Fri. October 19: No class: Fall Break


Week 9

Week 9 Readings: KW ch. 4 (Map Making Tools) & supplemental "Map Making Tools" category at blog; M ch. 12 (Multimedia).

Mon. October 22: Computers and Mapping (cont.)
Wed. October 24: Computers and Mapping
Assign: Exercise 4: Mapping & GIS Tools
Fri. October 26: Map Projections


Week 10

Week 10 Readings: KW ch. 5 (Geographic Framework) & supplemental "Geographic Framework" category at blog

Mon. Marcy 29: Map Projections (cont.)
Wed. Marcy 31: Map Coordinate Systems
Fri. November 2: Map Coordinate Systems (cont.)
Due at 9:00 am: Take-home Exam 1

Week 11

Week 11 Readings: KW ch. 6 (The Big Picture of Map Design), ch. 7 (The Inner Workings of Map Design), ch. 8 (Map Generalization & Classification), ch. 9 (Map Symbolization); M ch. 3 (Map Generalization) & ch. 4 (Blunders)

Mon. November 5: Map Abstraction
Wed. November 7: Map Abstraction (cont.)
Fri. November 9: Map Abstraction (cont.)
Due at 9:00 am: Exercise 3

Week 12

Mon. November 12: Mapping Your Own Data
Assign: Exercise 7: Mapping Your Own Data
Due: Working groups & brainstorming & present potential topics
Wed. November 14: Work day: meet with instructor (in class) if you need help with project ideas
Due: Email One Page Description of Project & Data Group will Map
Fri. November 16: Final Take Home Exam
Assign: Final Take Home Exam
Due at 9:00 am: Exercise 4

Week 13

Mon. November 19: Tanksgiving Break
Wed. November 21: Tanksgiving Break
Fri. November 23: Tanksgiving Break


Week 14

Mon. November 26: Work day: Exercise 7 & Final Exam
Wed. November 28: Work day: Exercise 7 & Final Exam
Fri. November 30: Work day: Exercise 7 & Final Exam


Week 15

Mon. December 3: Work day: Exercise 7 & Final Exam
Wed. December 5: Work day: Exercise 7 & Final Exam
Fri. December 7: Guest Speaker: Delaware County GIS Program


Week 16

Mon. December 10: In-Class Presentation of Exercise 7 (part of Ex. 7 grade)
Due at 9:00 am: Exercise 7
Wed. December 12: In-Class Presentation of Exercise 7 (part of Ex. 7 grade)

Fri. December 14: In-Class Presentation of Exercise 7 (part of Ex. 7 grade)
 & Course Conclusions


Week 17: Finals Week
Final Take-Home Exam Due: Tuesday December 18 at 11:43 am



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