This page contains the weekly schedule: topics, readings, lectures, Assignments. This page will be updated during the term, mostly with readings and lectures, so check back frequently!
(GIC) means that the readings are in the reserve section of the GIC. I have put many books on reserve in the GIC for general interest.
| Week | Topic | Assignment |
| Sept 5 | NO CLASS Imagine Day, all classes cancelled | |
| Sept 12 | Introduction to Course, Overview of Course Expectations Course Web Site, Resources examples, AZURE magazine Carlo Shati article (GIC) Review of Cartographic Theory of Design – Dodge, McDerby and Turner, Geographic Visualization, Forward xi-xvi and Chapter 1, pp 1-10 (GIC) – Tufte, E. Beautiful Evidence, Graphics Press, 2006 pp. 122-139 (GIC) – Slocan, Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization, Ch. 1 (1.2,1.2,1.3), 10, 11 (GIC) Lecture: no images ppt: week1_Intro to course_2017_ni, pdf: week1_Intro to course_2017 |
A1 7.5% Map Critique |
| Sept 19 | Discussion A1: 7 students, 5 minutes each Process Models of Cartographic Communication – Robinson, Petchenik, “The Map as a Communication System,” Cartographic Journal, 1975 12: 7-15 – MacEachren, How Maps Work, 1995 1-11 (GIC) (optional – Hermansen, S. “Teaching Cartography in Academia, Teaching Cartography in Academia: A Historical Reflection and Discussion of a 2007 Survey of Canadian Universities”, Cartographica, 2010) Lecture: no images ppt week2_Cartographiccomm_17_ni pdf: week2_Cartographiccomm_17 (Geospatial) Data Visualization Pipeline (Ben Fry) Ben Fry, Data Visualization, 2007 O’Rielly Chapter 1 Lecture: no images ppt week2_BFryDataViz_17 pdf: week2_BFryDataViz_17 |
A1 DUE
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| Sept 26 | Visual System; Visual Cognition, Eye Movement Studies and Implications for Cartographic Design – A. Cairo, the functional art, 2013 Chapter 5 and 6 – Coltekin, A. 2009. “Evaluating the effectiveness of interactive map interface designs: a case study integrating usability metrics with eye-movement analysis”. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 36(1): 5–17. lecture: week3_visionperceptioncognition_17 SEEDS projects discussion (final project ideas) David Gill, UBC SEEDS program (course web site under projects) |
A2: 20% infographic: CO2 emission data |
| Oct 3 | Infographics: From Cairo to Tufte – A. Cairo, the functional art, 2013 Chapter 3 and 4 – Tufte books: Beautiful Evidence, Graphics Press, 2006; Visual Display of Quantitative Information 1983; Envisioning Information 1990; Visual Explanations 1997 (GIC) lecture: infographicscairoandtufte_17 lecture: Infogrpahicsvisualizations_17 Infographics and Graphing: tips and tools (Dawn Mooney guest lecture) |
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| Oct 10 | Guest lecturers: Interactive Mapping Professionals Jeremy Alexander and Emilia Walton, Graphics and Information Designers, UBC HELP (Human Early Learning Program) |
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| Oct 17 | Discussion A2: 7 students, 5 minutes each User Centered Design: Map Use Activities, Map Design Methodology, Static to Interactive Design – Board, 1978 “Map reading tasks appropriate in experimental studies in cartographic communication” Canadian Cartographer, vol. 15 (1978): 5 – Amy Griffin et al “Designing across map use contexts: a research agenda” International Journal of Cartography 2017 – Robert E. Roth, Kevin S. Rossand Alan M. MacEachren. “User-Centered Design for Interactive Maps: A Case Study in Crime Analysis” ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. (2015),4(1), 262-301; doi:10.3390/ijgi4010262 http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/4/1/262/htm lecture pdf: Mapusedesign_Activities Tasks_17 Lecture no images: Mapusedesign_Activities Tasks_17_ni |
A2 DUE Portfolio site DUE (not marked) |
| Oct 24 | Web Mapping Open Data, free and Open Software, location intelligence – Gregor Aisch, March 31, 2017 “In defense of Interactive Graphics” Lecture webcart_17 Lecture mapcodingexamples tutorial: CARTO (time to do some of A3 in class) see tutorial and assignment info under Tutorials Google My Maps and Tutorials CARTO |
A3 10% Assignment 3_interactivemaps |
| Oct 31 | Discussion A3: 4-5 students, 5 minutes each Deconstruction – Harley, 1989 “Deconstructing the Map,” Cartographica, 6/1: 1-20 lecture week6_deconstruction_17 |
A3 DUE A4: 7.5% Assignment 5: Deconstruction |
| Nov 7 | Discussion A4: 6-7 students, 5 minutes each Mapping History, Digital Humanities – Knowles, A. 2002 “Introducing Historical GIS” in Past Time Past Place GIS for History ESRI Press pp. xi-xx GIC) – Stanford Spatial History Project lecture DH_mapping_history_17_a DH_mapping_history_17_b |
A4 DUE |
| Nov 14 | First Nations Land Use and Occupancy Mapping – Tobais, T. 2000 Chief Kerry’s Moose read forward, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Guest Lecture: Case Study, Blueberry River Disturbance First Nations Atlas Eliana McDonald, Manager Knowledge Systems, Ecotrust Canada and Pano Skrivanos, Senior Manager & Mapper – GIS and Information Management, Inlailawatash Limited Partnership – a Tsleil-Waututh Nation-Owned Business lecture: communitymapping_17 |
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| Nov 21 | Research in Cartography; Looking ahead at Geospatial Data Visualization lecture research_17 |
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| Nov 28 | Final Project Presentations | Final Project Presentations DUE |
| Dec 12 | work on completion of final projects in own time | Final Projects Due |