GEOG205 Winter 2017:

Cartography & Geomatics

Lectures Tues / Thurs 16.30 7-150

Roger Wheate wheate@unbc.ca 8-307

Course notes: http://gis.unbc.ca

GEOG205 Winter 2017:

Cartography & Geomatics

Labs (3 hours) 8-125 students

1. Tuesday 11.30 17

2. Thursday 11.30 11

3. Friday 11.30 9

4. Wednesday 14.30 12

Lab (software) accessible in several ways:

Scheduled and other lab times; any time remotely or by access

GEOG205 and related ‘Geomatics’ courses

GEOG205: Focus on mapping

GEOG300: (GIS) Focus on spatial analysis

GEOG204: Focus on social science GIS applications

Software

204: QGIS (Quantum) – freely downloadable

205 / 300: ArcMap / ArcGIS .. “industry standard”

Student majors in GEOG205, Winter 2017

Geography, Psychology, Computer Science,

Environmental Studies, Environmental Science,

Forest ecology & management, Anthropology,

Wildlife and Fisheries, Biology, Finance,

Biochemistry and Molecular, Chemistry, Physics,

Biology, Outdoor Recreation and Conservation

KONECNY, G. (2002). Recent Global Changes in Geomatics Education, Proceedings of 22nd FIG Congress 2002, Washington, D.C.

Cartography "The art, science and technology of making maps" Canada: Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA) 1975

Geomatics (1960s – Bernard Dupuisson)

“An umbrella term for the mapping technologies” “the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, delivering geographic information”

(geographic = has a spatial location) Canadian Institute of Geomatics (1992)

Geomatics “an umbrella term for the mapping technologies”

Cartography: art, science and technology of making maps

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) “The management, analysis, input and output of spatial data"

Remote sensing (satellite and aerial imagery) "Acquisition of planetary information from a distance"

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) "determination of ground locations using measurements from satellites"

Surveying and Photogrammetry "derivation of 2D or 3D locations from aerial photography”

Why are Cartography and Geomatics important?

"The eye will learn more in one hour from a mappe than the eare will learn from discourse"

(Thomas Fuller, 1690)

Display of ‘spatial data’ …. A picture says 1000 words

Some educators believe that

…. 'gRaphicacy' should be the 4th 'R'

San Francisco, Dec 2015

R2D2 ….

You can trust me,

I’m a cartographer:

where is the map

to find Skywalker

Maps are cool ! MOVIE NEWS Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Mysterious Map

A bit about me … my most important early map

Maps are

portals to

new worlds

Pre-digital map: Columbia Icefield, 1981 Athabasca Glacier / Icefields Parkway

- Produced with help from Swiss imports

Digital mapping

UNBC #1 - for

outdoors and trails

The world’s 2nd worst

map (1978)

It wasn’t easy for all to

create maps before

computers

The impact of computers, data and software:

The ‘democratisation’ of cartography = anyone can make maps – good and bad … and new types of maps

GIS technology creating good and bad

‘3D mapping’ Trails – UNBC to Peden Hill Dan Abraham, 2005

The growth of Infographics

http://www.visualcapitalist.com/interactive-mapping-flow-international-trade/

http://www.visualcapitalist.com/interactive-mapping-flow-international-trade/

Interactive Map: The Flow of International Trade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNzTPfARdwQ&feature=related

New (animated) cartography

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=6f7f19dd5fec487a9aa51ad3d86f7fd1

Online mapping: Stanley Cup winning teams

http://bombsight.org/

No required textbook: library books on cartography (GA105.3)

Selected online map viewer sites

World: http://maps.google.com

Canada: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama/index.html

iMap BC: http://geobc.gov.bc.ca/applications/index.html

PG map: http://pgmappub.princegeorge.ca/Html5Viewer/?viewer=PGMapMobile

Overall intro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography

Other references: web links given with lectures

COURSE EVALUATION Lab exercises 30% Exams (Feb 9, April 6) 30% Map / website critique 10% Map project (due April 10) 25% Map project write-up 5%