Syllabus2016
Part I: GIS: Geography on Steroids 7
Chapter 1: Seeing the Scope of GIS 9
Chapter 2: Recognizing How Maps Show Information 23
Chapter 3: Reading, Analyzing, and Interpreting Maps 39
Part II: Geography Goes Digital 57
Chapter 4: Creating a Conceptual Model 59
Chapter 5: Understanding the GIS Data Models 73
Chapter 6: Keeping Track of Data Descriptions 93
Chapter 7: Managing Multiple Maps 109
Chapter 8: Gathering and Digitizing Geographic Data 117
Part III: Retrieving, Counting, and Characterizing Geography 135
Chapter 9: Finding Information in Raster Systems 137
Chapter 10: Finding Features in Vector Systems 147
Chapter 11: Searching for Geographic Objects, Distributions, and Groups 65
Part IV: Analyzing Geographic Patterns 181
Chapter 12: Measuring Distance 183
Chapter 13: Working with Statistical Surfaces 199
Chapter 14: Exploring Topographical Surfaces 213
Chapter 15: Working with Networks 225
Chapter 16: Comparing Multiple Maps 239
Chapter 17: Map Algebra and Model Building 253
Part V: GIS Output and Application 277
Chapter 18: Producing Cartographic Output 279
Chapter 19: Generating Non-Cartographic Output 293
Chapter 20: GIS in Organizations 301
Part VI: The Part of Tens 315
Chapter 21: Ten GIS Software Vendors 317
Chapter 22: Ten Questions to Ask Potential Vendors 329
Chapter 23: Ten GIS Data Sources 333
Chapter 1: Planning maps 1
Designing for map purpose 2
- Audience 2
- Visual hierarchy in layout 3
Planning a layout 6
- Balancing empty spaces 6
- Refining a layout 11
- Experimentation and critique 15
Map projections in design 16
- Shape within layout 16
- Projections affect scale 18
- Choosing projection properties 19
Chapter 2: Basemap basics 21
Landforms 22
- Elevation 22
- Terrain shading 24
- Curvature 25
Land use 26
- Imagery 26
- Land cover 28
- Property 30
Vector base 32
- Water 32
- Boundaries 33
- Transportation 34
- Point data 34
Customizing base to purpose 35
Mapping through scale 37
- Terrain through scale 37
- Hydro through scale 40
- Place data through scale 40
- Generalization recap 44
Chapter 3: Explaining maps 47
Map legends 48
- Data legends 48
- Choropleth 48
- Qualitative area fills 48
- Dot (density) 49
- Isolines 49
- Proportioned symbols 50
- Segmented symbols 50
- Basemap legends 50
- Customized legends 51
Wise wording 52
- Hierarchy in text content 53
- Describing mapped calculations 57
- Attending to line logic 60
Refining marginal elements 62
- Scale indicators 62
- Direction indicators 64
- Overdoing decoration 64
Chapter 4: Publishing and sharing maps 67
Designing for map media 68
- Resolution 68
- Map size and viewing distance 70
- Color quality 71
Choosing export options 73
- Raster export formats 74
- Vector export formats 76
- Transparency 78
Map images on the web 79
- Tiled maps and caching 79
- Section 508 compliance 80
Copyright in cartography 80
- Original work in cartography 80
- Rights and permissions 81
- Public licenses and open data 82
Chapter 5: Type basics 85
Fonts 86
- Font anatomy 86
- Categories of fonts 87
- Font choice 90
- Type styles and font families 91
- Special characters 92
- Font formats and permissions 93
Label size 94
- Character size 94
- Kerning, tracking, and character spacing 95
- Line spacing 96
Type effects 98
- Callouts 98
- Shadows 99
- Halos 100
Chapter 6: Labeling maps 103
Map text 104
- Graphic map text 104
- Dynamic labeling 106
- Annotation 108
Labels as symbols 109
- Indicators of feature category 109
- Indicators of feature hierarchy 111
- Ambiguity and contradiction in classification with type 113
- Transparency and anti-aliasing 115
- Label placement 116
- Point label placement 116
- Line label placement 121
- Area label placement 124
- Dense label placement and trade-offs between rules 127
Chapter 7: Color basics 129
- Perceptual dimensions 130
- Hue 130
- Lightness 133
- Saturation 134
Perceptual color systems 138
- Three-dimensional color spaces 138
- Not HSV 140
- Color cubes 142
How to mix color 144
- General guidelines 144
- CMYK mixing 147
- RGB mixing 149
Chapter 8: Color on maps 151
Color schemes for maps 152
- Sequential schemes 152
- Diverging schemes 154
- Qualitative schemes 157
Bivariate color schemes 160
- Transparent combinations 160
- Sequential-sequential 161
- Diverging-diverging 162
- Qualitative-sequential 164
Adjusting color selections 165
- Unexpected color changes 165
- Colors for the color-blind 169
- Custom color ramps 174
Chapter 9: Customizing symbols 179
Point symbols 180
- Point symbol size 180
- Point symbol shapes 183
- Point symbol angle 185
Line and area symbols 187
- Line symbol size 187
- Line symbol patterns 189
- Area patterns 192
Eight visual variables 194
- Visual variables for ordered data 194
- Visual variables for qualitative data 195
Multivariate map symbols 195
- Overlaid symbols 196
- Bivariate symbols 198
- Visual variable pairs 200
- Put it all together 204