Last Class Overview:

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Last Class Overview Discuss Course Content by
Revisiting learning objectives How and Why
Questions ( 1 hour or - ) Steve Hyde formal
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NESeattle, WA
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What should you expect to know following this
course?

• Create a thematic map to support geographic
  analysis
• Use a GIS software package
• Distinguish between commonly-used map projections
  and understand tradeoffs in different
  measurements
• Recognize the most common measurement frameworks
  of spatial data
• Select and use appropriate graphic symbols
• Interpret maps from an analytic and design
  perspective
• Perform data entry into GIS and produce clean
  results

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The 5 Workshops

• Maps, Measurement, and Representation
• Choropleth Mapping, Attribute Measurement,
  Measurement Frameworks
• Point Symbol and Proportional Symbol Maps
• Overview of Measurement Sciences
• Collaborative GIS

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Learning Objectives Overview

• Five learning objectives, broadly
• To understand how to read maps critically,
• To gain an understanding of the data behind the
  maps
• To understand basic principles of cartography
  through making maps
• To learn how to acquire and evaluate geographic
  data
• To gain an awareness of the implications for
  collaborative use of GIS technologies