GEOG 416: Advanced Cartography Design
Seminar Spring 2003
Lecture: Thursdays 2-4pm,
106 FH Lab:
Thursdays 4-7pm, 106 FH
Dr. Dennis Fitzsimons Office Hours: MW
11am-noon; T 10am-11am, 2pm-3pm; Th 10am-11am & by appt.
131
Founders Hall 826-3467 e-mail:
def4@humboldt.edu
Mary Beth Cunha, Lecturer Office Hours: T 11am-noon; F 1-2pm
& by appt.
103
Founders Hall 826-4118 e-mail:
mbc7001@humboldt.edu
Melissa Katz, Lab Instructor: e-mail:
mgk9@humboldt.edu
Texts: Tufte, Edward R.,
2001. The Visual Display of
Quantitative Information (2nd Ed.) .
General
reference text of your choice about Macromedia Flash MX (two in lab for you to
peruse)
Other
assigned readings TBA
Course
Grade: 2 Exams:
@20% each, Final Project @ 35%;
Labs @ 25%
Unit #1: Tips & Tricks
using MAPublisher, MicroDEM, and ArcMap
Unit #2: Getting our
cartographic bearings in Macromedia Flash MX
Unit #3: Creating your
individual masterpiece: Interactive
Mapping and/or Animated Mapping Project
Week Lecture Topic Lab Topic
Jan 23 General Intro Lab
1: MAPublisher tutorial
Jan 30 Textbook/Course Goals Lab 2: MAPublisher applied use
Feb 6 DEM to Shaded Relief & Oblique Views Lab 3: MicroDEM tutorial
Feb 13 Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso: 6 Rivers Lab
4: MicroDEM applied use
Feb 20 Animated & Interactive Mapping Lab 5: Final Project topics /
Flash
Tutorial (MicroDEM Lab due)
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Feb 27 Exam #1 / Basics of Macromedia Flash Lab 6: Flash Tutorial
Mar 6 Flash as a Mapping Application Lab 7: Flash applied use (Lab due)
Mar 13 Flash and Final Projects Lab 8: Flash Tutorial (Lab due)
Mar 20 Spring Break Holiday
Mar 27 Individual Presentations & Melissa! Lab 9: Flash applied use (Lab due)
Apr 3 Tufte-based Lecture/Discussion Lab 10: Flash applied use (Lab due)
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Apr 10 Erik Steiner:
Guest Lecture Lab
11: Final Projects
Apr 17 Stuart Allan & Gene Martin: Guest Lecture Lab 12: Final Projects
Apr 24 Tufte-based Lecture/Discussion Lab 13: Final Projects
May 1 Exam #2 Lab
14: Critiques -- Final Projects (Draft)
May 8 Individual Presentations Lab 15: Critiques -- Final Projects (Draft)
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