GEOGRAPHY 281: MAP MAKING WITH GIS
Course Material:
- Please check TITANium for weekly labs.
Cartography Related Readings:
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The Renaissance Geographer
(Web Link)
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The Real Size of Africa
(Web Link)
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CityLab: Why Most Twitter Maps Can't Be Trusted
(PDF file)
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CityLab: When Maps Lie
(PDF file)
GIS Data Sites:
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Historical Census Data
- Historical census data and shapefiles. Attributes come in a table that you have to join to a shapefile.(Web Link)
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Free GIS Data
(Web Link)
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CalTrans
(Web Link)
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LA County
(Web Link)
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US Census Data
(Web Link)