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Revision as of 07:31, 9 September 2019

UrbanGIS.jpg SMT201 Geographic Information Systems for Urban Planning

About

Weekly Session

Take Home Exercises

GIS Project

Course Resourceshttps://wiki.smu.edu.sg/1920t1smt201/Lesson_Plan

 


Thematic Mapping and Cartographic Design

Content

Thematic Mapping and Geovisualization

  • Qualitative maps: visual variables and cartographic symbols
  • Quantitative maps: data scaling, data classification, and principles of colour
  • Mapping movement, change, and process
  • Map composition and map symbolization
  • Map design

Map Analysis Techniques

  • Map reading techniques
  • Visualising statistical data


Readings

Core Reading (Highly recommended)

Additional Readings


QGIS methods

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General readings

  • Cartography [1]
  • Thematic Mapping [2]
  • GeoVisualization [3]
  • Web mapping [4]
  • Choropleth Mapping with Exploratory Data Analysis [5]
  • Take Care of your Choropleth Maps [6]
  • Visual Variables [8]
  • ColorBrewer [9]
  • Cartographic Text[10]
  • A Cartographic Data Model for Better Geographical Visualization based on Knowledge [11]


References

Slocum, T., McMaster R., Kessler, F. and Howard, H. (2005) Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

Kraak, M-J & Ormeling, F. (2003) (2nd Edition) Cartography: Visualization of Geospatial Data. Pearson Education Limited, Essex, England.

Monmonier, M. (1996) How to Lie with Maps, The University of Chicago Press, USA.


Examples You Should NOT Miss

Chloropleth Map Classification Systems [12]