Geography 222 The Power of Maps and GIS
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Last Update: 11/11/09
The online schedule is the real schedule in Geography 222. Please watch for updates to the course schedule (which I will also announce in class).
Readings for each week should be completed by the first meeting of that week (on Monday).
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 2009 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: students who take notes along with the lecture outlines, then rewrite their notes and the lecture outline materials do the best on exams. 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 text.
- M means readings from Monmonier How to Lie with Maps text.
Geography 222 Library Resources for exercises.
Digital Submissions Guide for exercises & exams
Week 1
Week 1 Readings: KW ch 1 (What is a Map?) & supplemental "What's A Map?" category at blog; M Forward, Introduction
Mon. August 24: Introduction to Course
Wed. August 26: Maps and Human Understanding
Fri. August 28: Maps and Human Understanding (cont.)
Week 2
Week 2 Readings: KW ch 2 (Why are you Making Your Map?) & supplemental "Why are you Making your Map?" category at blog;
Wood's "LynchDebord"; Wood's
"Narrative Atlas of Boylan Heights," and Geography 222 "Fall 2008 Psycho-Sensory Projects"
Mon. August 31: Mental Maps & PsychoGeographies
Wed. September 2: Mapping Psychogeographies Planning/Work Session
- Assign: Exercise 1: Mapping Psychogeographies
Week 3
Mon. September 7: Labor Day: No Class Meeting
Wed. September 9: Mapping Psychogeographies: Work Session
- DUE: Update on group progress (in class)
Week 4
Mon. September 14: Paper-less Class Workshop & Digial Submissions Guide
Wed. September 16: Demo PsychoGeography Maps + Fashion Show
- Due: Exercise 1: Mapping PsychoGeographies
Week 5
Week 5 Readings: M ch. 2 (Elements), Appendix, ch. 7 (Propaganda Maps)
Mon. September 21: Finding Real Maps
- Assign: Exercise 2: Finding Real Maps
Fri. September 25: Cartographic Maps (cont.)
Week 6
Week 6 Readings For Exam 1: M ch. 5 (Maps that Advertise), ch. 6 (Development Maps), ch. 8 (Defence Maps), ch. 9 (Large Scale Maps). Additional readings: Muehrcke, Munby, & Borges
Mon. September 28: A Cultural History of Maps
- Assign: Additional readings for Exam 1
Fri. October 2: No class meeting. Work on Exercise 2
Week 7
Week 7 Readings: KW ch. 4 (Map Making Tools) & supplemental "Map Making Tools" category at blog; M ch. 12 (Multimedia)
Mon. October 5: Computers and Mapping
Wed. October 7: Computers and Mapping (cont.)
- Assign: Exercise 3: Mapping & GIS Tools
- Due: Exercise 2: Finding "Real" Maps
Week 8
Mon. October 12: The Power of Maps & GIS Revisited & Exam 1
- Assign: Exam 1
Fri. October 15: Fall Break: No Class Meeting
Week 9
Week 9 Readings: KW ch. 3 (Mappable Data) & supplemental "Mappable Data" category at blog
Mon. October 19: Geographic Data
Wed. October 21: Geographic Data (cont.)
- Assign: Exercise 4: Geographic Information on the WWW
Week 10
Week 10 Readings: KW ch. 5 (Geographic Framework) & supplemental "Geographic Framework" category at blog
Mon. October 26: National Flat Tire Day: No Class Meeting
- Due at 9:00 am: Exercise 3: Mapping & GIS Tools
- Due at 9:00 am: Take-home Exam 1
Week 11
Week 11 Readings:M ch. 10 (Census Maps)
Mon. November 2: Map Coordinate Systems
Wed. November 4: Map Coordinate Systems (cont.)
Fri. November 6: Census Atlas of Home
- Assign: Exercise 6: Census Atlas of Home
- Due: Scale and data detail for Exercise 6
Week 12
Week 12 Readings: KW ch. 8 (Generalization & Classification) & supplemental "Generalization & Classification" category at blog; ch. 9 (Map Symbolization) & supplemental "Map Symbolization" category at blog; M ch. 3 (Map Generalization) & ch. 4 (Blunders)
Mon. November 9: Map Abstraction
- Due: Exercise 4: Geographic Information
Fri. November 13: Too many students freaking out or sick or blowing off class or walking around in a daze so lets take a break Day
Week 13
Mon. November 16: Mapping Your Own Data
- Assign: Exercise 7: Mapping Your Own Data
- Due: Working groups & potential topic brainstorming
- Due: Present potential topics
- Due: Email One Page Description of Project & Data Group will Map
Week 14
Mon. November 23: Thanksgiving Break: No Class Meeting
Wed. November 25: Thanksgiving Break: No Class Meeting
Fri. November 27: Thanksgiving Break: No Class Meeting
Week 15
Mon. November 30: Class discussion of Exercise 6 (part of Ex. 6 grade)
- Due: Exercise 6: Census Maps of Home
- Assign: Final Take Home Exam
Week 16
Mon. December 7: Guest Speaker: Delaware County GIS Program
Wed. December 9: Mapping Your Own Data: Working Session
Fri. December 11: Class Demo & Discussion of Exercise 7 (part of Ex. 7 grade)
- Due: Exercise 7: Mapping Your Own Data
Week 17: Finals Week
- Final Take-Home Exam Due: Tuesday December 15 at 11:46 am
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