Update 11/15/2022
Geography 112: Maps & Geographic Information Systems meets MW 2:10 – 4:00: 207 Science Center (GIS Lab)
Readings
- KW = John Krygier & Denis Wood, Making Maps, 3rd edition, 2016
- additional assorted reading delights noted/linked on schedule
Resources
- Geog 112 Fall 2021 Google Group. For communication. Check Drive / Google Groups
- Transferable Skills
Week 1: Start
- Handouts: paper copies of Voyager Map & Ce n’est pas le monde & Right Map Making
Monday, Aug. 22: No class meeting
Wednesday, Aug. 24: How to Make a Map
Week 2: Deep Map Thoughts I & Lab 1
- Read (for discussion M) KW up through Ch. 1 & 321 Definitions & Ce n’est pas le monde & Right Map Making (all here). For W read KW Ch. 2 (What’s Your Map For?)
Monday, Aug. 29: DMT I: What is a Map? KW up through Ch. 1 & 321 Definitions & Ce n’est pas le monde & Right Map Making (all here)
Due: DMT I: Shared document with notes, comments, questions on DMT I readings
Wednesday, Aug. 31: What’s Your Map For? & Mappable Data & Explain Lab 1: Mappable Data
Assign: Lab 1: Mappable Data
Week 3: & Beginning the Mapping Process & DMT II
- Read: Ch. 3 (Mappable Data) & Ch. 4 (Map Making Tools)
Monday, Sept. 5: No class meeting (Labor Day)
Wednesday, Sept. 7: Discuss Lab 1 Results & explain DMT II: Mapping Psychogeographies and start Lab 2: HTML & Map Mashups if time.
Due: Lab 1
Assign: Lab 2: HTML & Map Mashups
Week 4: Map Making Tools (cont.) & Deep Map Thoughts II
Monday, Sept. 12: Map Making Tools & Keep Explaining Lab 2: HTML & Map Mashups
Continue or Assign: Lab 2: HTML & Map Mashups
Wednesdaty, Sept. 14: Explain more of Lab 2
Due: progress on Lab 2
Week 5: DMT II & Map Making Tools (cont.) & Data Processing
Monday, Sept. 19: DMT II Psychogeography Mapping demo & discussion + Check Lab 2, each student: Website / HTML demo by end of meeting
Due: Lab 2
Due: DMT II: Demo + Shared document with maps, notes, comments, questions
Wedbesday, Sept. 21: Explain Lab 3: Data Processing 1
Assign: Lab 3: Data Processing 1
Week 6: Map Making Tools (cont.) & Data Processing
Monday, Sept. 26: Explain Lab 4: Introduction to ArcGIS Pro & Online
Assign: Lab 4: Introduction to ArcGIS Pro & Online
Due: Lab 3
Wedsneday, Sept. 28: Geographic Framework & Explain Lab 5: Data Processing 2
Assign: Lab 5:Data Processing 2
Week 7: Data Processing (cont.) & Mid-Semester Evaluation
- Read KW Ch. 5 (Geographic Framework)
Monday, Oct. 3: Check Lab 4 & Geographic Framework
Due: Lab 4
Wednesday, Oct. 5: Explain Lab 6:Mid-Project Evaluation
Assign: Lab 6: Mid-Project Evaluation
Week 8: Easing into Fall Break
Monday, Oct. 10: No class meeting (Instructor out of town; sorry)
Due: Lab 5
Due (2:18 pm): Review of Fellow Student Web Pages – part of Lab 6
Wednesday, Oct 12: No class meeting (Fall Break)
Week 9: Generalization, Classification, & Map Design
- Read KW Ch. 8 (Generalization & Classification), Ch. 6 (The Big Picture of Map Design), Ch. 7 (The Inner Workings of Map Design)
Monday, Oct. 17: Help completing Lab 5 and work on Lab 6 (due Wed., Oct. 19)
Wednesday, Oct. 19: Generalization and Classification & Big Picture & Inner Workings & Explain Lab 7: Data Classification and Mapping
Due (shared in Google Drive class folder by 4:16 pm): Lab 6
Assign: Lab 7: Data Classification and Mapping
Week 10: Deep Map Thoughts III & Map Symbolization
- Read “Feminist Data Visualization.” Additional info on Data Feminism book here.
- Read KW Ch. 9 (Map Symbolization)
Monday, Oct. 24: Discussion: DMT III: Feminist Data Visualization
Due: DMT III: Shared document with notes, comments, questions on DMT III readings
Wednesday, Oct 26: Map Symbolization & work on Lab 7
Week 11: Color on Maps and ArcGIS Online
- Read & Ch. 10 (Map Symbol Abstraction), Ch. 12 (Color on Maps)
Monday, Oct. 31: Map Symbol Abstraction & Color on Maps & work on Lab 7
Wednesday, Nov. 2: Work on and check Lab 7 & Krygier signs off on the design of your maps
Due: Lab 7
Week 12: Words on Maps and Map Animation
- Read KW Ch. 11 (Words on Maps)
Monday, Nov. 7: Words on Maps and Assign and Explain Lab 8: Animation
Assign: Lab 8: Animation
Wednesday, Nov. 9: Work Day & Bunny Appreciation Day
Week 13: Final Project Evaluation & Deep Map Thoughts IV
Monday, Nov. 14: Explain Lab 10: Final Project Evaluation
Assign: Lab 10: Final Project Evaluation
Wednesday, Nov. 16: Explain Lab 9: ArcGIS Online
Assign: Lab 9: ArcGIS Online
Week 14: Thanksgibbons
Monday, Nov. 21: No class meeting
Wednesday, Nov. 23: No class meeting
Week 15: Work on Stuff Week
- Read (for Wed.) “Spatial Data and (De)colonization”
Monday, Nov. 28: Work on Labs 8 & 9
Wednesday, Nov. 30: Discussion: DMT IV: Indigenous Approaches to Maps and Mapping
Due: DMT IV: Shared document with notes, comments, questions on DMT IV reading
Week 16: Finish
Monday, Dec. 5: Work on Labs 8 & 9
Due: Lab 8, 9
Wednesday, Dec. 7: Student Project Presentations & Conclusions
Finals Week
DUE: Lab 10 Final Project Evaluation due Tuesday, Dec. 13 @ Noon