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- Effective Term:
- Spring 2018 through Fall 2024
- Course Number:
- GEO 244
- Course Title:
- Interactive Map Design
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 30
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 30
Course Description
Introduces interactive and web-based mapping technologies and applications. 欧洲杯决赛竞猜app_欧洲杯足球网-投注|官网s knowledge and skills to plan, design, develop, and publish custom interactive, web-based maps. Covers how to prepare spatial data and apply cartographic principles to web maps. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Publish interactive maps on the web using GIS platforms and technologies.
- Apply principles of web-based cartography.
- Prepare, import and manage spatial data.
Course Activities and Design
The materials in this course will be presented in a computer lab setting through classroom lecture, discussion, software demonstrations, peer critique, and computer-based assignments. Other methods may be implemented such as small group work and in-class activities.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Students will be expected to demonstrate mastery of themes, concepts, issues, competencies and skills by any combination of the following:
- Written results of class labs and exercises
- Creating and critiquing web maps
- Completion of a final project
- In-class discussions
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- Demonstrate proficiency and comprehension in concepts and technologies related to web mapping
- Create and publish a custom interactive maps and data visualizations
- Understand the difference between preparing data for use in desktop and web-based mapping technologies
- Understand the difference between desktop and web-based cartography
- Demonstrate the ability to tell stories with maps
- Import, manage, and integrate spatial data from multiple sources