The following list intents to provide available training workshops and online education material to gain basic as well as advanced cartographic skills.
ONLINE LEARNING MATERIAL
Hereinafter you will find a collection of Cartography related education resources in English language. These include books and online available lectures as well as tutorials. We can’t list everything, but tried to provide a comprehensive list in order to distribute relevant and up-to-date education material.
Basic Cartography – useful literature (selection)
- Krygier J, Wood D(2011). Making maps: a visual guide to map design for GIS. Guilford Press.
- Slocum TA (2009). Thematic cartography and geovisualization. Prentice hall.
- Brewer CA, ESRI Press (2006). Designing better maps: A guide for GIS users.
- Longley P (2005). Geographic information systems and science. John Wiley & Sons.
- Kraak MJ, Ormeling F (2002). Cartography: Visualization of Spatial Data. Prentice Hall.
- Anson RW, Ormeling F (1996). Basic cartography for students and technicians. Vol. 1-3. Butterworth-Heinemann.
- Robinson AH, Morrison JL, Muehrcke PC, Kimerling AJ, Guptill SC (1995). Elements of Cartography, 6th edition, Wyley.
- Wood D (1992). The Power of Maps. New York/London: The Guilford Press.
- Monmonier M (1991). How to Lie with Maps. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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De Smith MJ, Goodchild MJ, Longley P (2007/2015). Geospatial analysis: a comprehensive guide to principles, techniques and software tools. Troubador Publishing Ltd.
web version: http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/
Useful online resources for Cartography & GIS theory and tutorials
- ESRI – Training Catalog (free and fee-based courses/seminars)
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http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=search.results&searchterm=&softwaretype=All%2BSoftware&trainingformat=1
… 2014 and 2015 Esri User Conference Technical Workshops
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc14/tech-workshops.html
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc15/tech-workshops.html -
FOSS4G Academy Curriculum – comprehensive QGIS tutorials
http://spatialquerylab.com/foss4g-academy-curriculum/
https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/941260/assignments/syllabus -
GITTA (Geographic Information Technology Training Alliance)
http://www.gitta.info/website/en/html/index.html -
Ordnance Survey – Explanation of crucial principles for a successful cartographic map design
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/resources/carto-design/carto-design-principles.html`
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/tag/cartographic-design-principles/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialSignIn&utm_source=Twitter -
Introduction to Digital Cartography, Institute for Geoinformatics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
http://blogs.ifgi.de/digital-cartography/ -
Mapping Our Changing World (GEOG 160) – A social science general online course required for students pursuing the BA/ BS in Geography, offered through University Park campus and other participating Penn State campuses
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog160/node/1881 -
GIS course (Geographer's Craft), Dept. of Geography, University of Texas at Austin
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/contents.html -
Intro to GIS, Prof. Jochen Albrecht, Hunter College, NY, USA
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog160/node/1881 -
Intro to GIS, Professor N. Schuurman, Simon Fraser University, Canada
http://www.sfu.ca/gis/geog_x55/web255/icons/ -
Short courses and workshops Open Source GIS & Webmapping
http://kartoweb.itc.nl/kobben/index.html?menu=1&page=OSGEOcourses -
Monde Geospatial – Blog with collection of Video tutorials for GIS, Cartography, RS, Geodesy
http://monde-geospatial.com/category/cartography/ -
Advanced GIS: Web GIS – 10 week guided tutorials
http://gis.yohman.com/up206b/ -
Open Source Geospatial Laboratory at ETHZ – Interactive Web Maps and more
http://osgl.ethz.ch/Training.html -
GISC – GIS & Webmapping tutorials
http://giscollective.org/tutorials/ -
GISC: Additional useful resources for GIS/Cartography/Web-Mapping
http://giscollective.org/resources/ -
Link selection dedicated to Cartography education (history, traditional/modern cartography, map types, map design)
http://www.autoinsurancecenter.com/getting-there-by-car-boat-or-plane-a-guide-to-maps.htm -
Resources and additional information about cartographic design topics, to accompany Maptime Boston's May 2016 meetup
https://github.com/maptimeBoston/cartographic-design/blob/master/resources.md -
GISGeography.com – website about creating unique content about all aspects of GIS. This comes in the form of well-crafted infographics, guest posts and comprehensive lists
http://gisgeography.com/category/maps-cartography/
Further presentation slides can be found at: (e.g. using “cartography” in the search field)
- https://www.coursera.org/
- http://www.slideshare.net/
- http://www.powershow.com/
- http://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm
- youtube.com/
GIS and Mapping software
- ESRI ArcGIS
- Hexagon Geospatial
- Autocad Map 3D
- MapInfo
- Smallworld
- CoralDraw
- MAPublisher / Adobe Illustrator
- inkscape
- Ortelius
Open source GIS and Mapping software
Useful interactive Web Mapping tools/ JavaScript libraries / CMS etc.
- http://mapbox.com/
- http://mapnik.org/
- http://leafletjs.com/
- https://cartodb.com/
- http://stamen.com/
- https://www.mapquest.com/
- https://developers.google.com/maps/
- http://unfoldingmaps.org/
- http://kartograph.org/
- http://cartaro.org/
- http://openlayers.org/
- http://geoext.org/
- http://mapbender3.org/
Geographic data – online available
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/ (download via various platforms, e.g. geofabrik)
- Natural Earth
- GeoCommons
- Census Bureau
- Ordnance Survey
- data.gov
- Sunlight Foundation
- Social Explorer
- gis-news.de
- mapmart
Notes:
You may find further advanced/specific material on the webpage of other ICA commissions.
In case you would like to recommend further education material resources please contact the commission chairs.