Intro to Digital Cartography

This site ( http://www.shadedrelief.com/ ) is an excellent source of information, images, and trends in shaded relief and mapping physical ...

Interesting map -- simple but informative.

Lab 6: Color -- due at the END of lab today (Tues Oct 21) Lab 7: Proportional Symbol -- due Tuesday Oct 28 at the start of lab Lab 8: Isar...

Here are links to many final projects from GGS310 in the past (and a graduate Thematic Cartography course). I will continue to collect more ...

There are two map competitions for college students (one sponsored by National Geographic and one by CaGIS). Your final project map could c...

In addition to the written proposal posted to your blog, I'm having everyone give a quick presentation of the topic you will be mapping...

For the topic, think of something interesting, something that could link up with a project for a different class (I'm ok with double-di...

Ok...you know the drill. Find a map online that is a well crafted example of a proportional symbol/graduated circle map. Any topic. Any symb...

Neat graduated circle map projecting US pop in 2050 with graduated circles emphasizing major urban centers:  http://www.america2050.org/...

Above: Well done. Great legend. Nice size range and crisp identifiable symbol (but you get to use color!) Above: Creative legend! Ni...

**Today's class and lab (Thursday Oct 16th) are cancelled** I apologize for the late notice but I just don't feel well. I got u...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/foreign-fighters-flow-to-syria/2014/10/11/3d2549fa-5195-11e4-8c24-487e92bc997b_graphic.html

1. The lab write-up states that your neatline must have a background that is something other than white or black...but I'm guessing some...

Very creative approach (above) Look at how the legend was designed (above) Very distinctive approach (above) The map ...

Pick and post a map that uses color in a creative, effective way. Any topic, any style. Find something that you feel is really well crafted!

This is an interesting graphic illustrating the cultural connections of color across the globe:  http://visual.ly/what-colors-mean-different...

The ColorBrewer is fantastic for color classification schemes, but they aren't necessarily the best for the overall color palette of th...

Info on the 3 variations:  http://www.iamcal.com/toys/colors/ Wiki page:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness Visual test:  htt...

I strongly recommend using  ColorBrewer  for your color maps. It is a great launching point for both sequential (quantitative) and qualitat...

Bring a pencil, eraser, and simple calculator. A colored pencil could be helpful but is not required. After the exam you are free to go. T...

Artist creates a giant composite face through variations in the landscaping. Situated along the reflecting pool. Another graphic.

Watch the Aral Sea slowly disappear... Sad to think is was the 4th largest lake in the world.

-Although the writeup points you to the Census site for data, I will allow you to find data from ANY source provided it is quality data. It ...

There are loads and loads of examples out there. Find one that you feel is particuarly interesting and well done (any topic). Keep it static...

U.S. Population Density when the 300 million mark was met (an unclassed map):  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7052 T...

1. Selecting and copying your boundary from one Illustrator file to another. Even though we exported the boundaries as "ai" fi...

Scale shouldn't say "equals" Remember to create contrast between your county lines and the labels. You do not want t...

This week we are discussing graphic design. In that regard, I want you to find a campus map that is exceptionally well designed (any college...

The Sad Tally: Suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge: http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/28/suicides-by-location-on-the-golden-gate-bri...  Ma...

Throughout the semester I am going to refer to a set of maps made by the Census Bureau (with the help of Cindy Brewer at Penn State) based ...

So...you've been working diligently on your lab -- mimicking the labels from the master printout. You go to print it out (to check your ...

This week find a map that uses type in an effective or creative way. There are some art maps out there that take the symbology of type to th...

A new Typography tool for Cartographers has been created: TypeBrewer   http://www.typebrewer.org/ It is a content-rich Flash applet that le...

This is the week we explored typography. One of the best parts of type is the variety -- how the simple shift to a different font can ...

http://boingboing.net/2010/10/13/the-true-size-of-afr.html

Just a friendly reminder that Exam 1 is this Tuesday, Sept 16th. A review sheet is on Blackboard (and read the post below about one addition...

I'm working on Exam 1 and realized I forgot one bullet point on the review sheet. I want you to know the Spatial Arrangement graphic in...

My favorite site on Projections also has  templates  for crafting your own tangible paper earth. If you print one out, assemble it, and brin...

Scale is easy on general terms, but grasping relationships over large distances or at the nano level can be challenging. Today we are going ...

Tuesday 9-16 is the first exam of the semester. A review sheet can be found on Blackboard. The exam will be held during the lecture block (1...

Illustrator is on the first 16 machines in the student GGS lab. If you use one of those computers, you should be able to print directly from...

We have the CC (Creative Cloud) in the classroom. The GGS student lab (2102) has CS6 (prior version). You can move from an older version t...

We skipped last week...but that's ok! For this week, find a quality map example that showcases the projection or uses a unique projectio...

Nice video of myriahedral projections My favorite site for information on map projections. Lots of graphics (ones that I did not show in c...

This has to be one of the geekiest comics out there.

When saving your lab, I recommend two versions: 1. An .ai version which allows you to open your file in Illustrator and make changes/correc...

2011 Geoid map of the Earth. Try the slider bar...

NOAA's  Geodetic Mark Locator map. National Geodetic Survey's videos on Datums.