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Host Institution
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS)
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
Instructors
Sara Fabrikant - Workshop Coordinator,
Keith Clarke, and Waldo Tobler (all of the University of California, Santa Barbara), Barbara P. Buttenfield (University of Colorado-Boulder),
and Dan Dorling (University of Leeds)
The Workshop
This workshop introduces spatial information design and geographic visualization for the Social Sciences. Sessions will cover principles of scientific visualization, graphical design, and thematic mapping. Exercises will permit participants to design digital, static maps using current graphical design and mapping software (e.g., FreeHand, PhotoShop, ArcView), work with a grid-based GIS, and design interactive maps for the WWW. By the end of the workshop, participants will be producing high quality cartographic displays, and processing cartographic data for spatial visualization of patterns and processes of interest to social science researchers. The principal reference for the workshop will be Cartography: Thematic Map Design, Fifth Edition, 1999, by Borden D. Dent.
Calendar
Monday, 23 July:
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Lectures:
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" Why visualize spatial data in the social sciences? (Dorling)
" The cartographic communication process: map purpose, map
functions, and map audience (Buttenfield)
" Putting data into context: Locational reference systems and
map projections (Tobler)
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Exercise:
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Map design with graphic illustration software (Freehand).
A graduate student will supervise labs.
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Tuesday, 24 July:
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Lectures:
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" Working at different map scales: map generalization
(Buttenfield)
" The art in c a r t ography: graphic design issues
" Map symbolization: The visual variables (Fabrikant)
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Exercise:
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More on map design (Freehand, WWW)
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Wednesday, 25 July:
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Lectures:
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" Symbolizing point, line, and areal features (Fabrikant)
" Mapping statistical data: data classification (Buttenfield)
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Exercise:
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Downloading, processing, classifying, and visualizing census data with GIS (WWW, Excel, ArcView) (Dorling, Fabrikant)
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Thursday, 26 July:
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Lectures:
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" Discrete representations of statistical data: choropleth maps
(Clarke)
" Continuous representations of statistical data: pycophylactic
interpolation, trend surfaces, and cartograms. (Tobler, Dorling)
" Spatial analysis with maps: dasymetric mapping (Fabrikant)
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Exercise:
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Dasymetric mapping (ArcView) (Fabrikant)
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Friday, 27 July:
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Lectures:
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" Current developments in geographic visualization (GVis),
including 3D mapping, animation etc. (Dorling, Clarke)
" Information Visualization: using GVis principles for non-spatial
data (Fabrikant)
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Presentations:
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Presentation and discussion of participants' own data/mapping projects
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