CV-01 - Cartography and Science
- Discuss the perspectives of Brian Harley and others on the political motivation for the development of certain kinds of maps
- Discuss the Swiss influence on map design and production, highlighting Imhof’s contributions
- Outline the development of some of the major map projections (e.g., Mercator, Gnomonic, Robinson)
- Explain how Bertin has influenced trends in cartographic symbolization
- Explain how technological changes have affected cartographic design and production
- Explain the impact of advances in visualization methods on the evolution of cartography
- Compare and contrast cartographic developments in various countries and world regions such as Switzerland, France, China, the Middle East, and Greece
- Discuss the influence of some cartographers of the 16th and 17th centuries (Mercator, Ortelius, Jansson, Homann and others)
- Describe how compilation, production, and distribution methods used in map-making have evolved
- Describe how symbolization methods used in map-making have evolved
- Describe the contributions by Robinson, Jenks, Raisz, and others to U.S. academic cartography
- Discuss the relationship between the history of exploration and the development of a more accurate map of the world
CV-01 - Cartography and Science