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This module will introduce students to elements of traditional cartography, digital mapping, and visualisation for the presentation and analysis of geospatial data and the results of spatial analyses. Emphasis will be placed on the development of an appreciation of the importance of traditional and electronic map design and the use of colour as a key to effective communication when producing maps from GIS, visualisation, and image processing software. This will include coverage of scientific visualisation and geovisualisation including animation, interactivity, electronic atlases, and multimedia visualisation. Practical experience of selected software will be gained e.g. MapViewer, Surfer, Voxler, ArcGIS and Fledermaus.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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Geovisualisation and human information processing; origins of the visualisation of geospatial information - cartography as external memory; the essential aspects of thematic cartography and the fundamental geovisualisation processes for presentation and analysis (e.g. data manipulation, visual variables, map design); the influence of computers and related technologies and the growing need for more powerful tools for information analysis today; the emergence of scientific visualisation and the development of new tools for geovisualisation (including animation, interactivity, electronic atlases, multimedia); acknowledging the essential continuity between the pre- and post-computing visualisations; practical experience of software e.g. Google Earth, MapViewer, Surfer, ArcView and others.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
100% Continuous Assessment - Two Short Exercises and Report write-ups (10% x 2) and One Term Project and Report (80% - 2500 words).
There are no assessments for this course.
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