Digital Cultural Mapping Core Course B: Google Earth, Geographic Information Systems, Hypercities, and Timelines

(Same as Architecture and Urban Design M125B.) Laboratory, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 125A. Hands-on laboratory-based investigation of emerging digital mapping technologies, including instruction in Web-based mapping applications, virtual globes, and geographic information systems (GIS). Critique and creation of maps of cultural phenomena, applying skills students learned in course 125A to real-world data sets in humanities and social sciences. By mastering emerging technologies in field of digital cultural mapping, students take part in evaluation and production of sophisticated visual representations of complex data, becoming active participants in development of this new field. How to use suite of GIS and neogeography tools. Fostering of creative approaches to and engagement with mapping technologies: What new questions can be asked and answered using these technologies? How does one reason, argue, and solve real-world problems through digital cultural mapping? Design, development, and implementation of student mapping-based research projects. Part of Digital Cultural Mapping Project supported by W.M. Keck Foundation. P/NP or letter grading.

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Willeke Wendrich
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10S

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