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An introduction to the art and science of modern cartography

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# Digital Cartography 101
![](http://i.imgur.com/Cn5bPnJ.jpg)
> An introduction to the art and science of modern cartography

**Duration:** 5 days
- 5 demo lectures
- 4 explorations
- 2 assignments

**Courseware**
- [Cartography and Visualization - Penn State GEOG 486](https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog486/home.html)

## Day 1: The Fundamentals
![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5afcd690a70bcb479f4de352d6a53290f409210a/687474703a2f2f646f67666f6f73652e636f6d2f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f323031312f30392f362d372d4f72616e67652d7065656c65642e706e67)
- [Psychogeography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeography)
 - **Exploration 1** Create a [dérive](http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/2.derive.htm)
- [Geography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography)
 - [History of Cartography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cartography) 
 ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Mercator_1569.png)
 - [Great Trigonometric Survey of India](https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gd8gAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false) and the [Bangalore connection](http://issuu.com/udayakumarp.l/docs/the_story_of_the_bangalore_baseline) 
 <img width="636" alt="screenshot 2016-01-02 01 52 41" src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/126868/12072056/9e8525a8-b0f3-11e5-8b73-d4b054579d35.png">
- Mapping 
 ![](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)
 - **Video** [There is no correct projection](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIID5FDi2JQ)
- 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**
- [Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers](http://www.wired.com/2015/07/secret-cold-war-maps/)

## Day 2: Map design
![screenshot 2015-12-29 12 36 38](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/126868/12030704/d101775c-ae28-11e5-9c59-5171b808091d.png)
- 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**
- [A Rare Interview With Graphic Design Legend Massimo Vignelli](http://www.fastcodesign.com/3044133/a-rare-interview-with-graphic-design-legend-massimo-vignelli)
 
## Day 3: Working with Map Data
![screenshot 2015-12-29 12 50 26](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/126868/12030837/c1e261ee-ae2a-11e5-9a59-ce5156428bbf.png)
- [GIS Fundamentals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system)
 - [Coordinate system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system): [WGS 84 Mercator projection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Geodetic_System) and [Web Mercator projection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator) 
 ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Australia-Greenland_size_comparison.svg/383px-Australia-Greenland_size_comparison.svg.png)
 - 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**
 
## Day 4: Publishing a web map
- [HTML](https://www.codecademy.com/courses/html-one-o-one/0/1?curriculum_id=4f873b9ac02c44000300000d), [CSS and JS](https://www.codecademy.com/courses/html-javascript-css/0/1)
 - Display your map using [Mapbox GL JS](https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/example/custom-style-id/) and test locally using the [Python SimpleHTTPServer](http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/modules-in-python/how-to-use-simplehttpserver/)
 - Host your map using [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com)
 - Style your page using [Mapbox base.css](https://www.mapbox.com/base/)
 - Add the [Mapbox geocoder](https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/example/mapbox-gl-geocoder/) and [url hash](https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/api/#Map)
 - Explore the [Mapbox GL JS API](https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/api/) using the browser console
- Interactive coding
 - [API](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&rvprop=content&rvsection=0&titles=Application%20programming%20interface) 
 - [Jquery](http://jsfiddle.net/webdevem/Q8KVC/)
 - [Callbacks](http://jsfiddle.net/javabeat/y9tGy/)
 - [AJAX]()
 - [JSON](http://www.jsoneditoronline.org)
 
 
- A simple map
 - Creating a map view
 - Adding map layers
 - Adding data layers
 - Customizing map controls
- Using Github pages
- **Assignment 2:** Create an interactive tourist map of your favourite place

## Day 5: Data driven maps
![untitled2](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/126868/12030750/9341420c-ae29-11e5-8f54-94cec2e2815b.gif)
- Turf.js
- Tippecanoe
- Mapbox API
- **Exploration 4**

### Software
- [QGIS](http://qgis.org/)
- [Mapbox Studio]()
- [Mapbox.js]()

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