Course Schedule, January 2013
this schedule may change during the term

Each three hour block will consist of a student led discussion for the first hour based upon material from the week before and then a two hour lecture (except for week 1, see below)

Discussion Schedule
Tips for leading discussion

Readings: either accessible 1) on-line through UBC Library UBCLIB or UBC e-link (if you are connecting from home or some place other than UBC you need to go to 'connect from home' on the UBC Library home page and follow simple instructions) or 2) accessible through readings in books in the Geography Information Centre GIC.
Readings are required for weekly lectures, and for the following week's discussion when short writing assignments are to be handed in based upon lecture. These writing assignment replace a final exam in this course.

Readings (basically, look though Tufte's books)

1. Dodge, McDerby and Turner, Geographic Visualization, Forward xi-xvi and Chapter 1, pp 1-10 GIC
2. Tufte, 1997 Visual Explanations, 1997 pp. 9-10; 27-53; 74 GIC
3. Tufte, 1990 Envisioning Information, 1990 pp. 9-10; 12-13; 28-31; 36-37; 40-41; 58; 63; 90-91; 94-95 GIC
4. Tufte, 2007 Beautiful Evidence , 2007 pp. 9-10; 122-139 GIC

Discussion: Review of Cartographic Design Principles and Map Critique (instructor will lead this discussion)

Assignment 1: Map Critique (due beginning of next class, Jan 15 for discussion) map evaluation checklist
map design and map critique lecture

Readings

1. Robinson, Petchenik, 1975 "The Map as a Communication System," Cartographic Journal, 12: 7-15 UBC e-link
2. MacEachren, 1995 How Maps Work, 1-11 GIC

Discussion: students will be asked to discuss Assignment 1 due beginning class

Readings

1. MacEachren, 1995 How Maps Work pp 51-67; 101-104 GIC
2. Coltekin, A. 2009. Evaluating the effectiveness of interactive map interface designs: a case study integrating usability metrics with eye-movement analysis. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 36(1): 5–17. UBCLIB

Optional Readings
1. MacEachren, 1995 How Maps Work pp 25-49 GIC (history of cognition and visual info processing)
2. Coltekin, A. S.I. Fabrikant and M Lacayo (2010) Exploring the efficiency of users' visual analytics strategies based on sequence analysis of eye movement recordings. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 24(10): 1559-1575 UBCLIB (follow up on 2009 article in Readings)

Discussion: Cartographic Communication: Then and Now (discussion writing assignment due)

Readings

1. MacEachren, 1995 How Maps Work pp 67-148 GIC

Optional Readings
1. Fabrikant, S.I., Rebich-Hespanha, S. and Hegarty, M. 2010. Cognitively inspired and perceptually salient graphic displays for efficient spatial inference making. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 100(1): 1–17 UBCLIB

Discussion: Vision and Cognition and Eye Movement (discussion writing assignment due)

Readings

1. Board, 1978 "Map Reading Tasks Appropriate in Experimental Studies in Cartographic Communication," Canadian Cartographer, 15/1: 1-11 UBC e-link
2. Van Elzakker, C. et al, 2008, "Editorial Caring for the Users" Cartographic Journal 45/2 P 84-86 UBC e-link

For next weeks discussion writing assignment, pick one of the following readings in this special edition of the Cartographic Journal:

Kramers Erik. "Interaction with Maps on the internet - A User Centered Design Approach for the Atlas of Canada" Cartographic Journal 45/2
OR
Perkins Chris. "Cultures of Map Use" Cartographic Journal 45/2

Optional Readings:
1. Montello, D. (2002) Cognitive Map-Design Research in the Twentieth Century: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 29(3): 283-304 UBCLIB
2. ICA web site on map use: http://www.univie.ac.at/icacomuse

Discussion: students will be asked to discuss Assignment 2 due beginning class

Readings

1. Harley, 1989 "Deconstructing the Map," Cartographica, 6/1: 1-20 UBC e-link
2. Responses to Harley; in Cartographica 1989, 26(3/4) "The Readers Response" (on line under "Cartographica Information: mis-named in on-line: UBC e-link

Discussion: Map Use and Map Design: Activities and Tasks as related to Map Design (discussion writing assignment due)

Assignment 3a): Web Cartography (Sam TA hours in room 239: Thurs and Friday hours same as before)

Feb 26 Spatial Literacy lecture

Readings
1. Castner, Anderson, 1995 "Forward," Cartographica, Monograph 46: 1-4 UBC e-link
2. Goodchild, M., 2006 "The Fourth R: Rethinking GIS education", ArcNews on-line

Discussion: Deconstruction (discussion writing assignment due)
Assignment 3b): Web Cartography Part 2 (Sam TA hours in room 239: Thurs and Friday hours same as before)

Readings
NONE!!!!

Optional Reading
Slocum, T.A. 2001. Cognitive and usability issues in geovisualization. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 28(1): 61–75.

Discussion: Teaching Spatial Literacy (discussion writing assignment due)

Readings
1. Knowles, A. 2000 “A Case for Teaching Geographic Visualization without GIS.” Cartographic Perspectives 36: 24-37 click here and then: click on Number 36, Spring 20000 and you will have a pdf of the issue, including Knowles article
2. Knowles, A. 2002 “Introducing Historical GIS” in Past Time Past Place GIS for History ESRI Press pp. xi-xx (in the GIC on reserve)
3. Stanford Spatial History Project

Optional Reading
Knowles, A., 2008 "GIS and History" in Placing History How Maps, Spatial Data and GIS are Changing Historical Scholarship ESRI Press pp 2-25 (in the GIC on reserve)

Discussion: Web Cartography (hand in Assignment 3b )

Readings

1. Tufte, E. 1997. Visual Explanations, pp. 27-37 GIC 
2. Population Data BC. 2011. Best Practices - Mapping Health Data
inclass activity: fictious disease data

Discussion: Mapping History: with or without technology (discussion writing assignment due)

Readings
1. Parker, B. 2006 Constructing Community Through Maps? Power and Praxis in Community Mapping, The Professional Geographer, 58:4, 470-484
2. Tobais, T. 2000 Chief Kerry's Moose read forward, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
3. M. Goodchild Citizens as Censors: VGI 2007

Optional Reading

Maeve Lydon Community mapping. The recovery and discovery of our common ground. (google scholar, 2003, good appendix of community mapping sites)

Discussion: Mapping Health and disease (discussion writing assignment due)

Students have 10 minutes to present their final projects (in Prezi or ppt).