Readings:

One page per article/chapter.

Readings 1: Due Friday, 9 April. 2 points.

  • The Power of Maps. Scientific American, May, 1993 (pdf on data drive)
  • From How to Lie with Maps: Foreward, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2. One brief writeup for foreward and chapter one, one more for chapter 2 (two total).
  • Chapter 1, Slocum text

Readings 2: Due Friday, 16 April. 2 points.

  • the article named worth1000words.pdf, on data drive.
  • Chapters 3 and 4, How to Lie with Maps
  • Chapter 11 and 12, Slocum Text

Readings 3: Due Friday, 23 April. 2 points.

Readings 4: Due Friday, 30 April. 2 points.

  • Chapter 11 from How to Lie With Maps
  • Chapters 6 and 10, Slocum text
  • Faith-based Cartography by Mark Monmonier. Mercator's World. 2002. (pdf on data drive)

Readings 5: Due Friday, 7 May. 2 points.

  • Ethical Problems in Cartography: Cartographic Perspectives, number 7, 1990 (pdf on data drive)
  • Chapters 4, 5, and 6 from How to Lie with Maps
  • Chapter 14, Slocum text

Readings 6: Due Friday, 14 May. 2 points.

  • Chapters 7, 8, and 10 from How to Lie with Maps
  • Chapters 15 and 16, Slocum text
  • The map that named America. Reuters News - 3 December, 2007 (pdf on data drive)

Readings 7: Due Friday, 21 May. 2 points.

  • Chapters 9 and 12, How to Lie with Maps.
  • Chapters 17 and 18, Slocum text.
  • Cartography is Dead (thank god!) Denis Wood. Cartograpic Perspectives, number 45. 2003

For EACH paper, do the following:
1. Outline the paper (in outline format)
2. Summarise the main points of the article (at least one paragraph, depending on the complexity of the paper) and how the info in the article might relate to other papers, lectures, other readings, your own experience, etc… In other words, show that you have thought about the article, not just rehashed the last paragraph or two.

When grading outlines, I ask the question 'did the student read the paper.'

When grading summaries, I ask the question 'did the student think about the paper.' In short, if all the information in the summary is in the paper, I cannot give full credit.

Note: to be accepted, the writeups MUST be typed. They are due by 5:00 on the due date (in my mailbox). Late writeups will NOT be accepted.

Grading: Each set of readings will be worth 2% of your final grade.

Also note: information pulled from the readings will be on the midterm and final exams.

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