Readings – Stefan Freelan, WWU

See also WWU Canvas page for reading / quiz Schedule

QUIZ content will be drawn primarily from the Required Readings listed below.
In addition, quizzes may also reference Lectures and in-class demos and discussions.

Please email Stefan if you find a broken link…

> MAIN READING SOURCES

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REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
- Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users,
- SECOND EDITION, Cynthia Brewer
  - Available from the WWU AS Bookstore
- - Also available online from Alibris, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, etc.
    - Used or eBook versions are fine IF they are the SECOND Edition
    - Local bookstores should be able to order a copy in time
- Note: the First Edition is missing numerous entire chapters so is NOT an acceptable substitute
REQUIRED ONLINE READINGS:
- (In addition to readings from the required textbook)
- The main online readings are from Making Maps (Krygier & Wood)
  - The Krygier & Wood readings can be found online via excerpts: http://makingmaps.net/book/ (links to chapter excerpts for 1st Edition book at lower left of page – most of which still work…).
  - You can also get these same chapters (as .pdf files) from my Dropbox
- Cartography Terms (Freelan)
  - See also GIS Terms (from ENVS-320, for your review – i.e., assumed knowledge for this course : )
- Other readings are online via the links provided below (some are also available via Dropbox)
GENERAL RESOURCES:
- SAL ArcGIS Pro CARTOGRAPHY TUTORIALS
- ESRI GIS Dictionary (ESRI)
- ArcGIS Pro Online HELP (ESRI)
  - esp: Layouts, Map Surrounds, Legends, etc.
- Effective Cartography (Paul Cote)
AVAILABLE FOR (short term) CHECK OUT from Stefan (AH-211):
- Designing Better Maps SECOND EDITION (Brewer)
- Making Maps (Krygier & Wood)
- Elements of Cartography (Robinson, et. al.)
- Designed Maps (Brewer) – see excerpts from Google Books

> LAB 1 READINGS (Quiz 1 & Lab 1: Cartographic Elements)

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See also recorded course Lectures (available on Canvas)
LAB 1 REQUIRED Readings:
- ENVS-418 Syllabus (Canvas)
- ENVS-418 Schedule (Canvas)
- What All Good STATIC Maps Should Have (Freelan / Bach)
- All Good Maps Counterpoint (Huffman)
  - Compare with “…All Good Maps…”
- What All Good INTERACTIVE – ONLINE Maps Should Have (Freelan)
- Cartography Terms (GENERAL and INTERACTIVE MAPS terms) (Freelan)
- Indigenous Cartography & Decolonizing Mapmaking (Jacobi, or via Dropbox)
- MAKING MAPS (KRYGIER & WOOD, Online or via Dropbox)
  - Chapter 1 (How to Make a Map)
    - Link not working on web site – read on Dropbox
  - Chap 2 (Why Are You Making a Map)
  - Chap 3 (Mappable Data)
  - Chap 7 (Intellectual & Visual Hierarchies)
  - Chap 8 (Map Generalization & Classification)
- DESIGNING BETTER MAPS (2nd Edition, BREWER)
  - Chap 1 (Planning Maps) – also available on Dropbox
LAB 1 REQUIRED SKIMMING
- Ten Things to Consider When Making a Map GIS Lounge
  - Skim for comparison with “…All Good Maps…”
- Elements of Cartographic Style section (Cote)
  - Skim entire section for comparison with “…All Good Maps…”
- Layouts in ArcGIS Pro ESRI
  - Read / Review as needed…
- Essential Geography of the USA Map (Imus)
  - Click on the map and view in Full View to explore
  - Skim map and the About section
- The Greatest Paper Map of the USA… (Stevenson / Slate)
  - Skim (A Review of the USA Map by Imus)
- The Cartographer Who’s Transforming Map Design Wired
  - Skim
- DESIGNING BETTER MAPS (2nd Edition, BREWER)
  - Chap 2 (Basemap Basics)
    - Skim when you get the book (not on the quiz)
  - Chap 4 (Publishing and Sharing Maps)
    - Skim when you get the book (not on the quiz)
LAB 1 REFERENCE READINGS (Optional)
- MAKING MAPS (KRYGIER & WOOD, Online or via Dropbox)
  - Chap 4 (Map-Making Tools)
  - Chap 5 (Geographic Framework)
  - Chap 6 (Map Layout)
  - Chap 9 (Map Symbolization)
- Elements of Cartography (Robinson)
  - Chap 2 (Categories of Maps)
  - Chap 5 (Map Projections)
  - Chap 6 (Map Scale)
  - Chap 18 (Cartographic Design)
  - Chap 23 (Map Compilation)
  - Chap 24 (Selection and Generalization)
- GIS Terms (Freelan)
- Fake Maps: The Cartography of Elections (Field, YouTube)
- From Ptolemy to GPS, History of Maps (Thompson)
- Communicating Through Maps (Sinton) Parts 1, 2 and 3
- Master Cartographer Shares His Craft YouTube interview with Dave Imus (Essential Geography of the USA Map cartographer)
- What is Cartography – YouTube (18 min.) with Ken Fields, John Nelson and Edie Punt
- Get Started with ArcGIS Online (30 minute tutorial)
- Map-Making, Step by Step (ArcGIS Pro) (Smith)
- Cartography Guide: A Short, Friendly Guide to Basic Principals of Map Design (Axis Maps)

> LAB 2 READINGS (Quiz 2 & Lab 2: Symbolization)

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See also recorded course Lectures (available on Canvas)
LAB 2 REQUIRED Readings:
- Making a Meaningful Map (Buckley, ArcUser or via Dropbox)
- Design Principles for Cartography (Buckley, ArcUser or via Dropbox)
- Mapping with a Purpose (Smith, ArcUser or via Dropbox)
- DESIGNING BETTER MAPS (2nd Edition, BREWER)
  - Chap 3 (Explaining Maps)
  - Chap 9 (Customizing Symbols)
- Legend Item Labels – Singular or Plural? (Buckley, or via Dropbox)
- Cartography Terms (MAPS and SYMBOLOGY terms) (Freelan)
- Why Use the Metric System? (Freelan)

LAB 2 REQUIRED SKIMMING
- How to Lie With Maps (Monmonier, skim, via Dropbox)
- Lying with Maps (Deluca & Nelson, skim)
- When a Single Map Isn’t Enough… (Field, skim)
- Changing Up a Scale Bar (Kinghorn, skim, good stuff to know…)
- Lines (MapZen, skim)

LAB 2 REFERENCE Readings (optional):
- MAKING MAPS (KRYGIER & WOOD, or via Dropbox)
  - Chap 9 (Map Symbolization)
- Effective Cartography (Cote)
  - Mapping Categorical Data (skim technical details, focus on concepts)
  - Mapping Quantitative Data (skim technical details, focus on concepts)
- Elements of Cartography Robinson
  - Chap 25 (Symbolization)
  - Chap 26 (Symbolization)
- SAL CARTOGRAPHY TUTORIALS
- Get Started with ArcGIS Online (ESRI Tutorial)

> LAB 3 READINGS (Quiz 3 & Lab 3: Text)

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See also recorded course Lectures (available on Canvas)
Lab 3 REQUIRED Readings:
- MAKING MAPS (KRYGIER & WOOD, or via Dropbox)
  - Chap 10 (Type on Maps)
- DESIGNING BETTER MAPS (2nd Edition, BREWER)
  - Chap 5 (Type Basics )
  - Chap 6 (Labeling Maps)
- ArcGIS Pro: Text on a Map (ESRI, or via Dropbox)
- ArcGIS Pro: Common Text Symbols (ESRI, or via Dropbox)
- ArcGIS Pro: Work with Graphics Layers (ESRI, or via Dropbox)
- How to Choose Your Map’s Medium (Harrower/Smith, or via Dropbox)
  - Ostensibly, this is about StoryMaps, but much of it applies to static maps as well…
- Cartography Terms (TEXT terms) (Freelan)
Lab 3 REQUIRED SKIMMING:
- Pro Map Text (I-IV) (ESRI, Smith)
  - I: Labels (Read/Skim w/optional tutorial)
  - II: Annotation (Read/Skim w/optional tutorial)
  - III: Knockouts and Map Notes (Read/Skim w/optional tutorial)
  - IV: Layout Text (Read/Skim w/optional tutorial)
- Making the Most of Immersives (ESRI)
  - Skim for insight into options for StoryMaps (“Immersives” are the building blocks of StoryMaps)
- Tips for Mastering StoryMaps Builder (ESRI)
  - Skim for insight into options for StoryMaps
- StoryMap Tutorials
  - Skim these for ideas / help…
- StoryMap Examples (from ENVS-418 students)
  - Skim these (the top two sections) to get a sense of the possibilities of the new StoryMaps
- ESRI StoryMap Gallery
Lab 3 REFERENCE Readings (optional):
- Elements of Cartography Robinson
  - Chap 22 (Typography and Lettering)
- ArcGIS Pro: Labeling Basics ESRI
- ArcGIS Pro: Specify Text for Labels ESRI
  - Including information on Label Expressions and Maplex
- ArcGIS Pro: Text Formatting Tags ESRI
- SAL PRO CARTOGRAPHY TUTORIALS
  - see especially section on Text (Halos, Leader Lines)…
- Label Like a Pro with ArcGIS Pro ESRI
  - (2015 article – somewhat dated…)
- Smithsonian StoryMaps Webinar ESRI
  - A 2-hour webinar about StoryMaps (Fall, 2020)

> LAB 4 READINGS (Quiz 4 & Lab 4: Color)

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See also recorded course Lectures (available on Canvas)
LAB 4 REQUIRED Readings:
- MAKING MAPS (KRYGIER & WOOD, online or via Dropbox)
  - Chap 11 (Color on Maps)
- DESIGNING BETTER MAPS (2nd Edition, BREWER)
  - Chap 7 (Color Basics)
  - Chap 8 (Color on Maps)
  - Appendix (Color Brewer)
- The Color Brewer (Brewer)
- Mapping with Purpose (Smith, or via Dropbox)
- Election Maps are Everywhere: Don’t Let Them Fool You (Mason)
  - Nicely summarizes some key lecture points… (from the NYT)
- Traditional vs. Multi-Directional Hillshades:
  - Amazing Hillshade Effects in Pro (Buckley)
  - Hillshade Function
- Cartography Terms (COLOR terms) (Freelan)
- Adobe color accessibility tools
  - This won’t be on the quiz, but check this out…
  - In particular, try dragging a .jpg of one of your maps (or some other map you find) to the Extract Theme tab (https://color.adobe.com/create/image) to ‘extract’ the major colors from the map image and then check out the Color Wheel Gradient, and Accessibility tabs…
  - Or you can bring in any other image you have (like a photo of you favorite house or flower or art work) to extract the colors…
LAB 4 REQUIRED SKIMMING:
- Put the Emphasis Where it Matters (Pisut)
  - Skim
- Advanced ArcGIS Pro (desktop) Cartography ideas
  - Skim all / Read those that are of interest
- Advanced ArcGIS Online ideas (coming soon)
  - Skim all / Read those that are of interest
- End of the Rainbow? New Map Scale is More Readable by People Who Are Color Blind (Scientific American)
Lab 4 REFERENCE Readings (optional)
- Elements of Cartography Robinson
  - Chap 20 (Color and Pattern Creation)
  - Chap 21 (Color and Pattern Use)
- Color (ArcGIS Pro) ESRI ArcGIS Pro Help Color Tips
- New Color Ramp for Color Blind People Mason
- Make a Custom Color Ramp in ArcGIS pro (Smith): https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/custom-colors-arcgis-pro/
- SAL CARTOGRAPHY TUTORIALS
- ENVS-418 Links…
- Get Started with Configurable Apps ESRI Academy web course

> LAB 5 READINGS (Final Project)

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See also recorded course Lectures (available on Canvas)
Lab 5 REQUIRED Readings:
- ENVS-418 Labs 1, 2, 3, 4 comments (Canvas) Review all comments from previous labs…
- ENVS-418 Data Source DATABASE
  - Use this link to view the existing database URLs
- ENVS-418 Data Source FORM
  - Use this link to upload your own sources/URLs
- ENVS-418 Student Final Map Examples Browse…
- WWU SAL Web Maps / StoryMaps Browse…
- ENVS-418 Student StoryMap Examples – Browse…
- ENVS-418 Student Online Map Examples Browse…
- Notes on Online Data Sources
  - (including Open Street Maps)
- Notes & Examples of Geo-Data-Viz
  - see PowerPoint .pdf from Canvas
- DESIGNING BETTER MAPS (2nd Edition, BREWER)
  - Chap 2 (Basemap Basics)
  - Chap 3 (Explaining Maps) Review pp 52-66
  - Chap 4 (Publishing and Sharing Maps) Review
  - Resources (at the back of the book)
- What All Good STATIC Maps Should Have Freelan
- What All Good ONLINE Maps Should Have Freelan
- Cartography Terms (Cumulative) (Freelan)
Lab 5 Geo-Data-Viz REFERENCE READINGS (skim / browse for ideas)
- What Makes a Good Information Graphic (Quito & Kopf)
- What Makes a Good Data Visualization? (DeBois)
- What Makes a Good Data Visualization? (Yuk)
- A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Data Visualization (Kamat)
- 8 Rules for Optimal Use of Color in Data Visualization (Kashyap)
- Best Data Visualization Projects of 2020 (Yau, FlowingData)
- Flowing Data
- Visual Capitalist
- Information is Beautiful
- Data is Beautiful
- Data Visualisation Catalogue

Lab 5 REFERENCE READINGS:
- MAKING MAPS (KRYGIER & WOOD, online or via Dropbox)
  - Chap 12 (Finishing your Map)
- Elements of Cartography Robinson
  - Chap 31 (Map Production)
- Starting / Prep Your Cartography Project Smith
- Mapping with Purpose Smith
- Citing Maps Wilson Library
- How to Cite Spatial Datasets GIS Lounge
- SAL CARTOGRAPHY TUTORIALS
- ENVS-418 Links...