SUBJECT

Title

Thematic Cartography (Practical)

Type of instruction

practical

Level

master

Faculty

Faculty of Informatics

Part of degree program

Credits

Recommended in

Semester 2

Typically offered in

Spring semester

Course description

Students prepare different types of thematic maps from data sets provided by the instructor or they do independent team work, but driven by instructor, on a complex thematic topic. This task consists of searching for special data and learning the characteristics of a socio-economic or geographic field for a specified area. Students also have to prepare documentation on their work or to prepare a descriptive, technical text on the topic they work on. The aim of this course is to meet as many data format as possible and work with the main thematic map types.

Readings

Slocum, McMaster, Kessler, Howard: Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization 2008, ISBN 978-0132298346
Dent, Torguson, Hodler: Cartography – Thematic Map Design McGrawHill, 2009, ISBN 9780072943825