Brought to you by:– P&P GIS Team

• Chad Lynch• SunHee Helm

101 SessionMapping and GIS

• The meaning and influence of Place

• Instructions:

• on your piece of paper, draw a map,

from memory, about how you got to

work today.

• Content is up to you

• 10 minute time limit

• Two prizes: Best in show, most

unique

Mental Map Exercise (person’s perceptions of portraying

geographic relationships)

• What element of the map did you find most challenging?

• What feature of the map took up most of your time?

• Did your map show modes of

transportation? Why or why not?

What’s the point?• Communicating with maps – 1 map can

convey many different meanings; information communicated is not always consistent

• Interpretation of maps – the same map viewed by 2 people cannot conclude that they will see the same things;

• Identify individual vs Collective Patterns – did some use more defined map parameters, such as a seeing the world as flat or more of a circular world? Or was there a pattern that involves more of an inclusive portrayal of the environment (flora, fauna)

What makes good map?

Why?

N

“Knowing where things are

and why, is essential to

rational decision making “

–Jack Dangermond

President ESRI

http://www.google.com/ig?referrer=ign#max9

Production

GIS

Database

Street

Types

Truck

Streets

PMP

UVTNPed

Lighting

BMP

Bands

Of

Green

Questions?