INF2102 Week 2 readings and agenda - January 17th, 2013

Week 2 - January 17, 2013

An Introduction to geographic information, maps and mapping 

Topics : Geographic information; the evolution and “histories” of cartography; critical history of cartography; and the types and uses of maps

Readings:

Farrell, B. E., and A. Desbarats. 1984. Guide for a Small Map Collection. Ottawa: Association of Canadian Map Libraries. pp. 28-39. http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/FTP/INF2102/Week3/Farrell.pdf 

Robinson, A. H., and B. B. Petchenik. 1977. “The Map as a Communication System.” Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization 14 (1): 92–110. http://utpjournals.metapress.com/index/023561171TW606T5.pdf.

Thrower, Norman Joseph William. 2007. Maps & Civilization : Cartography in Culture and Society.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Preface  and Chapter 1 http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=498357

Wood, Denis. 2003. “Cartography Is Dead (Thank God!).” Cartographic Perspectives (45): 4–7. http://makingmaps.owu.edu/mm/cartographydead.pdf.

Further Suggested Readings

Board, Christopher. 2011. “Cartographic Communication.” In The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation, ed. Martin. Dodge, Rob. Kitchin, and C. R. Perkins, 57–64. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=410269&page=70

Carter, J. R. 2005. “The Many Dimensions of Map Use.” In Proceedings, International Cartographic Conference. http://www.cartesia.org/geodoc/icc2005/pdf/oral/TEMA12/Session%203/JAMES%20CARTER.pdf.

Harley, J.B., and David Woodward. 1989. “Why Cartography Needs Its History.” Cartography and Geographic Information Science 16 (1) (January): 5–15. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/acsm/cagis/1989/00000016/00000001/art00001.

Monmonier, M. S. How to Lie with Maps. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Chapter 1

Morrison, Joel L. 2011. “The Science of Cartography and Its Essential Processes.” In The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation, ed. Martin. Dodge, Rob. Kitchin, and C. R. Perkins. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=410269&page=57.

Robinson, Arthur, and Barbara B. Petchenik. 2011. On Maps and Mapping, from The Nature of Maps: Essays Toward Understanding Maps and Mapping. In The map reader: theories of mapping practice and cartographic representation, ed. Martin Dodge, Rob Kitchin, and C.R. Perkins, 2-7. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=410269&page=50

Smart, Lez. Maps That Made History: The Influential, the Eccentric and the Sublime. North York: University of Toronto Press.  http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=37322&page=17. (Chapter 1)