Intro to Digital Cartography

Scores for the Weekly blog maps, the Final Project Proposals, and the Final Project are available on Blackboard. There is also a column for...

Projects due at 10:30. Upload .AI and static version to Dropbox (if you're having issues with that, email is a backup). Make sure you ha...

Final Project Presentations are Thurs Dec 11th from 10:30am -1:15pm. It is my hope that we can get through everyone in that one time block....

If you have not shared a map with the class, you have one more opportunity. Make sure you have something for our last regular lab this week ...

So the website says 4D Cityscape Time Puzzles...but unless there is a distinctive odor or they are edible (or emit traffic sounds), I think ...

Lab 10 is still due today. If you haven't wrapped it up, use the class/lab time today to do so. I honestly won't even start looking ...

***Class is Cancelled today: Tues Nov 18th. Lecture and Lab*** Sorry to do this but my kid's Dad had to go to the Emergency Room ye...

Critiques are an opportunity to get feedback on your in-progress map. I do not expect any completed maps! See prior post for details. I wi...

Everyone has a green light! (...so get to work!) Critiques begin Thursday, Nov 20th. A sign up sheet for the Critiques will open on Tues N...

The Final Project Critique is a time to receive feedback on your in-progress map. Prepare a minimum of 3 questions to ask the class regardin...

You know the drill. Find a great static map. This time with more than 1 variable (2, 3 or more). Post to your blog. Explain why you selecte...

So...Google's catchy little doodles on their home page -- the ones that change daily to reflect local/regional/world events -- are archi...

WashingtonPost's graphic of Rosetta's path to the comet. Make sure you make it to the bottom where they show relative scale. ...a...

So there I was critiquing the NC map that indicated the primary gender of each county....and then on the WashingtonPost site is that same pr...

Are you reflected in the new Congress?  by the Guardian

Finding free quality physical geography basemaps is a challenge. Most of the ones you'll find online will charge a fee to download.  O...

These two links showcase a variety of Lab 10's that students have done in the past. Same geographic boundary (NC), but a wide variety of...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/04/a-real-time-map-of-everyone-whos-clicked-that-i-voted-button-on-facebook/?tid=p...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wsu73xlfo0igbtc/FINAL%20MAP%20DONE.pdf?dl=0

Lab 8: Isoline due on your blog today by start of lab. Lab 9: Dot Density due next Tuesday Nov 11th at the start of lab. Lab 10: We will b...

Great article and map series highlighting the cultural divides that still exist in Germany on the eve of 25 years since the Berlin Wall fell...

Uh, yeah. In case you forgot. Need to write-up your idea. Cover the major points. Verify you can get the data. There is a post in the past c...

I spoke with Dr. Delamater and he emphasized that this is meant to be fun! Once you email him with your intent to make a map, he will emai...

GIS Day is coming up on Wednesday Nov 19th. This year there are two student competitions: a Student Poster Competition and a Mason Shuttle M...

NOTE: Some of these maps were map with different data values/locations so use these as design references (not as interpolation guides)! ...

You know the routine: track down an interesting example map online and post it on your blog with an explanation as to why you selected that ...

For Lab 9, aim for 1000 to 2000 total dots on the map (1500 works). Yes, that is a heck of a lot of dots. But this is the way to make a ver...

Creative fuel...

Find a map example of the isoline/contour variety. Any topic. Find something interesting!

This fits with our point data theme this week:  http://www.sfchronicle.com/theliterarycity/

Here are some dot maps to peruse: Chicago Race/Ethnicity and Income:   http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?chicagodots A se...

Just a reminder that Lab 8 was pushed back to this Tues (Oct 28th) so that the class could continue to work on Lab 7. Lab 7: Proportional ...

Alaska's terrain maps are apparently much less accurate than the 48 states -- and this causes some serious issues.  http://www.washingto...

Yes...Show & Tell. You might be a big ol' college student but I'm bringing back preschool. In a good way. I promise. In an eff...

Interesting article on the rapid mapping techniques of OSM in areas with little Google Map coverage. It is mapping on demand to help those ...

From an article in the Washington Post identifying the countries that drink the (apparently) unpleasant beverage.

Some graphics of isolines: James Niehues -- Ski Map god:  http://www.jamesniehues.com/ The go-to site for shaded relief info:  ht...