GEO 307E - Cartography II

Course Objectives

This lecture provides the students to create GIS input data which she/he will use subsequently, and also to produce and evaluate the outputs in a Geomatics Engineering sense considering cartographic design criteria. For the reason, the fundamental goal is that the students gain skills at thematic map design for different user groups and design environments.

Course Description

Cartography II is a course which covers cartographic design and production processes of thematic maps commonly produced in GIS; especially in terms of establishment of multi-purpose databases and generalization of them. It includes issues related to representation of geometric and semantic information depending on the design environment, considers user expectations, create a map-use awareness and evaluates spatial thinking.