Geography 220:  Introduction to Cartography

  Week & Lecture Notes   Labs Additional Materials
R 8/20 1.What is cartography?                     Show Lab 1. Mental Maps Syllabus 
T 8/25 2. Labels & Symbols                          Show Lab 2. SW & Central Asia Research SW & Central Asia Map
R 8/27 3. Map Design:  Nuts & Bolts                   Show   SW & Central Asia No Borders  Use this to draw your own.
9/1-9/3 4:  History of Cartography                        Show Lab 3:  SW & Central Asia Sketches Lab 4 SW & Central Asia Base Map
9/8-910 5. Lab 4   no lecture, Lab only, 1:00   Lab 4:  SW & Central Asia "Camera Ready" Corel Draw Labels: Instructions
9/15-9/17

   Lab 4 continued, Lab only, 1:00

  Lab from 1:00 to 4:50, Grade Sheet  
9/22-9/24 6. Map Projections Show Lab 5:  North American Cylindrical Projections Lab 5 Explanation, Example
9/29-10/1 7. Lying with maps                                Show

Mid Term Exam/Lab 6

Monmonier 1, 3, 4
10/5-10/7 8. No class for Fall Break SHOW No Labs Mid Term Key
10/13-10/15 9. Topography

NO Lecture on Thurs. 10/15; Lab only              

Show Mid Term Due 10/13/09

Lab 7:  Map Interpretation 1

Township and Range site; Principal Meridians and Base Lines
10/20-10/22 10. Survey Systems    

NO Lecture on Thurs. 10/22; Lab only                           

Show Lab 8:  USGS Topographic Maps Poker Jim Explanation
10/27-10/29 11. Data Gathering                                                            

 

Show Lab 9:  NC Data Collection,

Blank NC Map;   Labeled Map of NC Counties

Judith Tyner on Data & Symbols

 

11/3-11/5 12: Data Classification Methods

T & R Labs ONLY start at 1:00 

 

Lab 10:  Quantitative Data Classification

Example Data Set
11/10-11/12 13. ArcView   Lab 11. Quantitative Data Mapping Labs 9, 10, 11 Grading Sheet
11/17-11/19 14. Maps with Google Earth   Lab 12. Google Earth map STANDARD FORMAT
11/24-11/25 15. No class or labs, Thanksgiving   No New Lab:  Suggestion for Final :-) Final Maps & Essay Instructions
12/1 16. Last Class   No Labs, Final Essay assigned "What Makes a Good Map" checklist
         
 

Cartography Web Sites

Library Of Congress Map Collection
Perry Castaneda Map Collection, UT
History of Cartography  John Borchert Map Library
Mathematics of Cartography
Cartographic and GIS Dictionary
David Rumsey's Historical Map Collection
Science Maps and Cartographic Resources
North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)
 
NOAA's Office of Coast Survey:  Downloadable Nautical Charts and Historic Maps
History of Cartography  British Library, London
History of Cartography  University of Wisconsin
U.S. Geological Survey Mapping Services
GOES Water Vapor Loop