Geography 281: 
Map Making with GIS

Course Material:

• Course Syllabus  (PDF file)
• Project 1: Exploring the ArcMap Environment  (PDF file)
• Project 2: Map Design Issues  (PDF file)

 

Cartography Related Readings:

• The Renaissance Geographer   (Web Link)
• CityLab: Why Most Twitter Maps Can't Be Trusted  (PDF file)
• CityLab: When Maps Lie  (PDF file)

 

GIS Data Sites:

• Historical Census Data   - Historical census data and shapefiles. Attributes come in a table that you have to join to a shapefile.(Web Link)
• GeoCommunity   - Good amount of free data, some requires a fee.   (Web Link)
• Free GIS Data   (Web Link)
• GIS Geography   - A compiled list of free data websites. (Web Link)
• CalTrans   (Web Link)
• LA County   (Web Link)
• City of Fullerton   (Web Link)
• US Census TIGER Shapefiles   (Web Link)
• US Census FactFinder   (Web Link)