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GEOG205 Winter 2017:
Cartography & Geomatics
Lectures Tues / Thurs 16.30 7-150
Roger Wheate [email protected] 8-307
Course notes: http://gis.unbc.ca
GEOG205 Winter 2017:
Cartography & Geomatics
Labs (3 hours) 8-125 students
1. Tuesday 11.30 17
2. Thursday 11.30 11
3. Friday 11.30 9
4. Wednesday 14.30 12
Lab (software) accessible in several ways:
Scheduled and other lab times; any time remotely or by access
GEOG205 and related ‘Geomatics’ courses
GEOG205: Focus on mapping
GEOG300: (GIS) Focus on spatial analysis
GEOG204: Focus on social science GIS applications
Software
204: QGIS (Quantum) – freely downloadable
205 / 300: ArcMap / ArcGIS .. “industry standard”
Student majors in GEOG205, Winter 2017
Geography, Psychology, Computer Science,
Environmental Studies, Environmental Science,
Forest ecology & management, Anthropology,
Wildlife and Fisheries, Biology, Finance,
Biochemistry and Molecular, Chemistry, Physics,
Biology, Outdoor Recreation and Conservation
KONECNY, G. (2002). Recent Global Changes in Geomatics Education, Proceedings of 22nd FIG Congress 2002, Washington, D.C.
Cartography "The art, science and technology of making maps" Canada: Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA) 1975
Geomatics (1960s – Bernard Dupuisson)
“An umbrella term for the mapping technologies” “the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, delivering geographic information”
(geographic = has a spatial location) Canadian Institute of Geomatics (1992)
Geomatics “an umbrella term for the mapping technologies”
Cartography: art, science and technology of making maps
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) “The management, analysis, input and output of spatial data"
Remote sensing (satellite and aerial imagery) "Acquisition of planetary information from a distance"
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) "determination of ground locations using measurements from satellites"
Surveying and Photogrammetry "derivation of 2D or 3D locations from aerial photography”
Why are Cartography and Geomatics important?
"The eye will learn more in one hour from a mappe than the eare will learn from discourse"
(Thomas Fuller, 1690)
Display of ‘spatial data’ …. A picture says 1000 words
Some educators believe that
…. 'gRaphicacy' should be the 4th 'R'
San Francisco, Dec 2015
R2D2 ….
You can trust me,
I’m a cartographer:
where is the map
to find Skywalker
Maps are cool ! MOVIE NEWS Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Mysterious Map
Pre-digital map: Columbia Icefield, 1981 Athabasca Glacier / Icefields Parkway
- Produced with help from Swiss imports
The impact of computers, data and software:
The ‘democratisation’ of cartography = anyone can make maps – good and bad … and new types of maps
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/interactive-mapping-flow-international-trade/
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/interactive-mapping-flow-international-trade/
Interactive Map: The Flow of International Trade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNzTPfARdwQ&feature=related
New (animated) cartography
http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=6f7f19dd5fec487a9aa51ad3d86f7fd1
Online mapping: Stanley Cup winning teams
No required textbook: library books on cartography (GA105.3)
Selected online map viewer sites
World: http://maps.google.com
Canada: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama/index.html
iMap BC: http://geobc.gov.bc.ca/applications/index.html
PG map: http://pgmappub.princegeorge.ca/Html5Viewer/?viewer=PGMapMobile
Overall intro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography
Other references: web links given with lectures