Professor:
Sandra
Arlinghaus
sarhaus@umich.edu
Office
Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, much of the day.
Office:
1235 Art and Architecture Building
Others
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UP402/696.028
and NRE600.043
Maps
and Decisions
Fall,
2003
Wednesday,
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Lecture:
7-8:30
Lab:
8:30-10 (10:30)
2213
Art & Architecture Building and Media Union
Week
1, Sept. 3
Syllabus
Maps on
the computer
Latitude
and Longitude
One page
biosketch
Discussion;
project ideas
Lab:
websites and projects
Week
2, Sept. 10
Map
Coloring
Four
Color Theorem
Choropleth
Maps
Future
Directions
Week
3, Sept. 17
Four
Corners, D. Barr
CSF
samples
Week
4, Sept. 24
A fundamental
geographical problem: Scale
Animated
Maps--samples. Animation integrates space and time.
Week
5, Oct. 1
How
can you tell the inside from the outside--(the Mobius strip was a one-sided
surface...) Jordan Curve Theorem; implications for mapping.
The
Jordan Curve Theorem:
Defining
regions in the absence of regional information: making something
from nothing--as in the case last week with the surrogate variable of 1995
data to mimick migration patterns?
Week
6, Oct. 8
ArcView
comes with an onboard information systems: base maps and databases.
Transform
other situations to the one above:
Bring
in new data
Bring
in new maps--scan them; digitize them from scanned images.
Oct.
13-14, Fall Study Break
Week
7, Oct. 15
Troubleshooting
Week
8, Oct. 22
Midterm
Presentations
salinay, Daniel Slosberg
hharriet, Harriet Hamilton
ppolansk, Paul Polanski
spschult, Steve Schultz
szukaiti, Scott Szukaitis
waltona, Andrew Walton
mbunce, Melanie Bunce
adgreen, Elly Green
racheleg, Rachel Green
smichejd, Steve Michejda
ncrobins, Nicole Robinson
carowest, Carolyn Westbrooks
whiner, Stephanie Givinsky
lroumell, Loren Roumell
schwarmi, Michael Schwartz
looseg, Geoffrey Loose
ebeckett, Eric Beckett
Week
9, Oct. 29
Map
Projections
Week
10, Nov. 5
Map
Projections
Week
11, Nov. 12
Dot
Density Maps
Week
12, Nov. 19
Adjacency
issues
Week
13, Nov. 26
No class;
Thanksgiving recess begins, 5:00 p.m.
Week
14, Dec. 3
Fractal
Marina
Overview
Week
15, Dec. 10
Last
class; final presentations
salinay, Daniel Slosberg
hharriet, Harriet Hamilton
ppolansk, Paul Polanski
spschult, Steve Schultz
szukaiti, Scott Szukaitis
waltona, Andrew Walton
mbunce, Melanie Bunce
adgreen, Elly Green
racheleg, Rachel Green
smichejd, Steve Michejda
ncrobins, Nicole Robinson
carowest, Carolyn Westbrooks
whiner, Stephanie Givinsky
lroumell, Loren Roumell
schwarmi, Michael Schwartz
[looseg, Geoffrey Loose]
ebeckett, Eric Beckett
Week
16, Dec. 17
Final
Projects due by 5:00 p.m.
Party
afterwards, Sandy's home!
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