Schedule

Jan. 19

Introduction and discussion

Jan. 26

Schedule discussion & Centroid calculations with ArcGIS

  1. Center of a polygon
  2. Center of population
  3. Center of states
  4. Calculating population center
  1. Lefever
  2. Sviatlovsky, et. al.
  3. Hunter, et. al.
  4. Poulsen

Feb. 2

Illustrator Map conversion & Photoshop & Dreamweaver – DSC 292

  1. Illustrator video tutorials
  2. Ilustrator Tutorials
  3. Photoshop video tutorials

Feb. 9

Web page presentation and critique of maps - DSC 298
JavaScript and Google Maps - DSC 298

Feb. 16

Presentation of completed JavaScript exercises
Google Maps demonstation

Feb. 23

Presentation of completed Google Map exercises, including Point, Line and Area symbols
Google Maps Advanced – Converting Shapefiles to Google Maps - All Google Map Code

March 1

Presentation of Polygon Google Maps
Clickable Maps & Animation with JavaScript

March 8

no class

March 15

Web Page Presentations | Final project idea presentations – Powerpoint

March 22

Spring Break

March 29

Traffic Map Article | Would you accept for publication? | Writing quality?

April 5

Web page design

April 12

Web page trouble-shooting

April 19

Final Project – no class

April 26

Final Project Presentations | Omaha centers field trip

May 3

Final Exam
May 10
 Final Web pages due


 Topcis for final:

  1. Different measures of centrality;
  2. Illustrator and Photoshop functions;
  3. Critique of maps;
  4. JavaScript code;
  5. Google Map functions;
  6. Google Map point, line and area symbolization;
  7. Clickable maps and mouseover code;
  8. Traffic map article editing;
  9. Web page design; Browser characteristics; Screen resolution; Color depth
  10. Web Page critique.