An introduction to the art and science of modern cartography
Duration: 5 days
- 5 demo lectures
- 4 explorations
- 2 assignments
Courseware
- Psychogeography
- Exploration 1 Create a dérive
- Geography
- History of Cartography
- Great Trigonometric Survey of India and the Bangalore connection
![](http://static.tumblr.com/1tfc7p8/1mHmdrext/treasure-map.jpg) - [Geoid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoid) - [Coordinates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system): [latitude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude) and [longitude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude) - Positioning: [trigonometry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying), [remote sensing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_sensing), [GPS](http://fas.org/man/dod-101/navy/docs/es310/GPS/GPS.htm) - [Scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(map)): 1:250,000 small scale (world map), 1:10,000 large scale (street map) - [Projection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection): cylindrical, conic, azimuthal
![](http://visual.merriam-webster.com/images/earth/geography/cartography/map-projections.jpg) - Types of maps - [Pictoral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictorial_maps) - [Thematic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thematic_map) - [Topographic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_map) and [Terrain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrain_cartography) - [Chloropleth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choropleth_map) - [Cartogram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram) - [Topological](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological_map) - Map symbology - [Ordanace Survey symbol sheets](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/resources/maps-and-geographic-resources/map-symbols.html) - Data abstraction - **Exploration 2** Create a map of the Bengaluru Airport Bus Network. Focus: utility, data density, clarity
Reading
- Data primitives: points, lines, areas
- Cartographic elements
- frame
- metadata
- layering
- pixels
- symbols
- lines
- fills
- text
- Cartographic styling
- Raster
- Color mapping
- Composting
- DEM
- Vector
- Data series
- Exporting maps
- Create a series of maps for your state(A)
- A political map
- A physical map
- A chloropleth map
- Assignment 1
Reading
- GIS Fundamentals
- Coordinate system: WGS 84 Mercator projection and Web Mercator projection
- Data Formats: GeoJSON, Shapefile
- Existing data sources
- Natural Earth
- Bhuvan
- OSM
- NASA
- Map scans
- Working with OSM
- Creating data
- Extracting data
- Converting
- Formats
- Projection
- Geometry
- Combining
- Joining
- Geoprocessing
- Spatial analysis
- Exploration 3
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Display your map using Mapbox GL JS and test locally using the Python SimpleHTTPServer
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Host your map using GitHub Pages
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Style your page using Mapbox base.css
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Add the Mapbox geocoder and url hash
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Explore the Mapbox GL JS API using the browser console
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Interactive coding
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A simple map
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Creating a map view
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Adding map layers
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Adding data layers
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Customizing map controls
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Using Github pages
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Assignment 2: Create an interactive tourist map of your favourite place
- Turf.js
- Tippecanoe
- Mapbox API
- Exploration 4