(GEOG 416) Fall 2013

3.000 Credits Instructor: Santosh Rijal Office: 4528 Faner Hall Contact Email: [email protected] and Phone: (618) 303-6143 Office hours: T, W, (12:00-2:00 pm) or drop by anytime

Lecture hours: T 10:00-11:50 am Faner 2533 Lab hours: W, R, 10:00-11:50 am Faner 2524

Prerequisites: Geog401 or consent of instructor

Course introduction and objectives Cartographic design deals with the knowledge associated with the art, science, and technologies of maps that represent and communicate about our worlds. This course focuses on the fundamentals of cartographic design and cover map design, production, visualization, and analysis. This course requires students have the knowledge and skills in geographic information systems (GIS). By the end of the course students will master the:  Basic geodesy, map projections and coordinate systems  Cartographic generalization and symbolization  Quantitative methods in thematic mapping  Commonly used mapping technologies (, dot map, proportional symbol map, isarithmic map, topographic map, value-by-area mapping, flow mapping)  Map design, map composition, typography, and coloring  Multivariate mapping, map animation, virtual and web mapping, multimedia mapping, and other new developments in cartography  Use of popular software packages for map generation and displaying

In addition to these, students will:  Learn how to use mapping technologies and tools to solve problems in geography, environment, etc.;  Learn how to integrate cartographic design with GIS, Global Positioning System (GPS), remote sensing, computer sciences, statistics, etc., to solve practical problems;  Learn how to work as a good team worker;  Understand maps are involved in their lives;  Know how to teach themselves to use ArcGIS and its updated versions in the future.

This course will provide students with opportunities to gain experience designing maps in a scientific and professional way. After this course, the students will become familiar with the work of cartographers – makers of maps.

Textbooks and references  Dent, B.D., Torguson, J.S., Hodler, T.W., 2009. Cartography: Design. 6th edition, McGraw-Hill Book Co. Required.  Terrr A. Slocum, Robert B. McMaster, Fritz C. Kessler, and Hugh H. Howard, 2009. Thematic Cartography & Geovisualization. 3rd edition, Publisher: Pearson Education (Prentice Hall). Optional.  Menno-Jan Kraak and Ferjan Ormeling, 2010. Cartography: Visualization of geospatial data. Pearson Education. Optional.

Grading Participation and attendance 10 % Quizzes 5% Midterm Exam 17 % Labs and assignments 30 % Project 20 % Final Examination 18 % Total 100%

Grading Scale 90 - 100% - A 80 - 89% - B 70 - 79% - C 60 - 69% - D 0 - 59% - F

Strategies to succeed Lecturing and learning: This course will provide the students with the fundamental concepts, principles, technologies, and methods of cartographic design. Students are expected to attend class (both lecture and laboratory) regularly and to take exams, and complete lab assignments, course project, and quizzes. We may also use active learning strategies including shared brainstorming, think/pair/share, case studies, corners, etc., and integrate lecturing and discussion. Students are expected to participate in all the activities. Moreover, learning by doing is very critical for students to learn the knowledge and skills from this course. ArcGIS is a widely used software package for input, display, storage, retrieval, manipulation, management and analysis of spatial data, and can be used to perform various tasks and projects of map design and production. Labs and course project: We will perform the lab work in Environmental GIS Lab located in Faner 2524. This modern computing facility is well equipped and dedicated to meet the technological and computing needs of students. We will cover together the essential operations and procedures to enable you to use the facilities in this lab. For these labs, we will use various local, national, and international datasets. Students are also required to complete 10-11 labs and a course project. Instructions and suggestions for the labs are given and students can easily read and follow the instructions. A course project will be completed in groups. Each of the groups consists of three students and equally participating is required. Students can determine map tasks and search for datasets by themselves, for example, graduate students who take this course usually integrate the course project with their thesis work. We also provide students with datasets to choose. For the course project, we just give the requirements and suggestions. Students have to learn by themselves how to find out and use useful functions in ArcGIS to complete the project. Once needed, of course, help is always available from the instructor and teaching assistant. The objective is to let students learn teaching themselves how to use ArcGIS to design and produce maps and develop their ability to learn using updated versions. By week 16th, students are required to present their project work in lecture room. The laboratory component of this course is weighted heavily and therefore it is good for students to spend as much time as necessary in the lab. Policy on late turn in: All assignments must be turned in to receive a grade. Late turning in assignments will be penalized at the rate of 1% per day. After eight weeks, the maximum rate you can receive will be 60%.

Policy on academic dishonesty We welcome you to this course offered by the Department of Geography and Environmental Resources. This course strictly adheres to the conditions established in the SIUC Student Conduct Code: http://web.coehs.siu.edu/public/her/AcHonPol.php. Acts of academic dishonesty include: 1. Plagiarism, representing the work of another as one's own work; 2. Preparing work for another that is to be used as that person's own work; 3. Cheating by any method or means; 4. Knowingly and willfully falsifying or manufacturing scientific or educational data and representing the same to be the result of scientific or scholarly experiment or research; 5. Knowingly furnishing false information to a university official relative to academic matters; 6. Soliciting, aiding, abetting, concealing, or attempting acts of academic dishonesty. These activities will not be tolerated. Violations will result in failure of the assignment or failure of the entire course.

Emergency Procedures: Southern Illinois University Carbondale is committed to providing a safe and health environment for study and work. Because some health and safety circumstances are beyond our control, we ask that you become familiar with the SIUC Emergency Response Plan and Building Emergency Response Team (BERT) program. Emergency response information is available on posters in buildings on campus, available on BERT’s website at www.bert.siu.edu, Department of Safety’s website www.dps.siu.edu (disaster drop down), and in Emergency Response Guideline pamphlet. Know how to respond to each type of emergency. Instructors will provide guidance and direction to students in the classroom in the event of an emergency affecting your location. It is important that you follow these instructions and stay with your instructor during an evacuation or sheltering emergency. The Building Emergency Response Team will provide assistance to your instructor in evacuating the building or sheltering within the facility.

Tentative schedule for lectures and labs Week Date (Lab) Topics Reading Labs (due next week) 1 Aug. 20 Course overview and Dent Chapter 1 No lab (21,22) introduction to thematic mapping 2 Aug. Basic geodesy and Dent Chapter 2 and an Lab 1: Introduction 27(28,29) coordinate systems overview of map to ArcGIS projections and coordinate systems (ArcGIS desktop help) 3 Sep. 3(4,5) Map projections and Dent Chapter 3 and one Lab 2: Map applications website on map projection and projections and coordinate systems coordinate systems using ArcGIS 4 Sep. Geographic data and Dent Chapter 4 Lab 3: Exploring 10(11, 12) symbolization geographic phenomena 5 Sep. Quantitative methods in Dent Chapter 5 and one Lab 4: Quantitative 17(18,19) thematic mapping article data analysis 6 Sep. Choropleth map Dent Chapter 6 and one Lab 5: Choropleth 24(25,26) article mapping 7 Oct.1(2,3) Midterm exam No lab 8 Oct. 8(9, Dot map and proportional Lab 6: Dot density, 10) symbol map graduated symbol, and proportional symbol map 9 Oct. No lecture (Fall break) Dent Chapters 7&8 No lab 15(16,17) 10 Oct. Isarithmic&3-dimensional Dent Chapters 9&10 and Lab 7: Isarithmic 22(23,24) maps, value-by-area one article map and DEM mapping, and course project to be introduced 11 Oct .29 Design of flow maps, and Dent Chapters 11&12 Lab 8: (30,31) map design and 12 Nov. Map design and typography Dent Chapters 12&13 Lab 9: Map design, 5(6,7) typography, and color thematic map 13 Nov. Principles for color Dent Chapters 14&15 Lab 10: Multi- 12(13,14) thematic maps, digital map and one article media mapping and compilation and production web cartography 14 Nov. Multivariate mapping& Slocum Chapters (Course Project) 19(20,21) Map animation 18&20, and one article 15 Nov. 26 Virtual and web mapping, Dent Chapter 16, Thanks giving (27,28) Multimedia mapping, and Slocum Chapters 22, 24, break other new developments and 25, and one article 16 Dec. Course project presentation No lab 3(4,5) 17 Dec. 12, Final exam No lab 10:10am – 12:10pm