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Staff
Lecturer: Takeshi Shirabe, shirabe@kth.se
Teaching Assistant: Marvin Mc Cutchan, marvinmc@kth.se
Objectives
The major objective of this course is to learn principles of cartography and techniques for effective visualization of geographic data. On the completion of this course, students should be able to design analogue and digital cartographic maps using an existing geographic information system, and to gain critical thinking skills essential to avoid being misled by cartographic products.
Course management
The course is managed through Bilda and this page where you get all the necessary information.
Textbook and Literature
Terry A. Slocum, Robert B. McMaster, Fritz C. Kessler, and Hugh H. Howard, 2008, Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall. Additional literature will be available online.
Software
ArcGIS 10 (ESRI)
Exercises
There will be four compulsory laboratory exercises (E2 to E5) which will give you opportunities to practice the concepts and techniques learned in the classroom. For each exercise, you work together with a partner (to be assigned) and submit a joint report to the instructor through the BILDA system by the specified due date.
Project
There will be a term project (to be described in a separate document). Unless special permission is given by the instructor, the project must be done in pairs. The project proposal has to be approved by (not just submitted to) the teaching assistant by a specified deadline. The report has to be submitted to the teaching assistant through the BILDA system by a specified dealine.
Grading
To pass the laboratory component (LAB1) of the course, you must earn a grade of A or B for every compulsory laboratory exercise.
To pass the project component (PRO1) of the course, you must earn a grade of A or B in the term project.
To pass the examination component (TEN1) of the course, you must score at least 25 points (out of 50 points) in the final exam.
The final grade will be determined according to the sum of the numerical scores of the laboratory exercises, project, and examination.
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Note: the schedule is subject to change depending on students’ experiences, needs, and weekly progress.