Digital Cartography and Design
Objectives
a) Develop practices and procedures of acquiring information and cartographic design in multidisciplinary context;
b) Deepen knowledge of graphic semiology;
c) Assess, scientifically and technically, information structures in a perspective of sustainable land management;
d) Apply the design as a methodology for the conceptualization of cartography;
e) Develop skills for autonomous learning of mapping and GIS software;
f) Conceptualize solutions for representing multi-scale analysis using the software for computer aided design andgeographic information systems;
g) Develop critical skills in the selection, acquisition and cartographic editing for different audiences.
General characterization
Code
722041029
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
Jorge Ricardo da Costa Ferreira
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- BERTIN, J. (2005). Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps (não existe nenhuma edição mais atualizada)
- KENT, A., VUJAKOVIC, P. (Editors) (2020). The Routledge Handbook of Mapping and Cartography. Routledge, 1stEdition.
- LAMBERT, N., ZANIN, C. (2020). Practical Handbook of Thematic Cartography: Principles, Methods, and Applications.CRC Press, 1st Edition.
- PETERSON, G. (2020). GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design. CRC Press, 3rd Edition.
- VAUGHAN, L. (2018). Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography. UCL Press, 1st Edition.
- (Excertos de outros manuais, workbooks ou outros conteúdos on-line de livre disponibilização, que se considerem de referência para a Unidade Curricular).
Teaching method
Teaching methods are based on theoretical/practical classes where emphasis is placed on conceptual explanation andanalysis of practical cases.
Regarding the evaluation, this includes:
- Project work accompanied by teachers, based on the resolution of practical cases, where the application of concepts, methods and techniques of cartography is carried out, either in analogue or digital environment.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Elaboration of a final layout with map analysis, legend and descriptive memory(90%), The project must be presented orally(10%)
Subject matter
1) Image, mapping and communication;
2) Concepts and applications of advanced cartographic language and semiotics;
3) The cartographic process: design, production and validation;
4) Conceptual generalization and graphics;
5) File Conversion from Autocad (dxf) to Shapefile (shp);
6) Acquiring and editing information in vector data model: Attributes of graphic elements: level, color,thickness andstyle; Graphics digitalization; analysis tools, visualization and manipulation; Texts: Beyond the basics, placement andmanipulation; Color: Beyond the basics on the color cube; Using layouts in different scales; Digital mapping validationand GIS standards for quality control;
7) Object catalog for graphic systematization in Planning Instruments