Cartography Principles Course

The Cartography Principles Course content will cover the general aspects of cartography principles without going into minute detail, but will give you a better understanding of the subject.

The objective of this course is to aid you in understanding the theory of cartography principles in order to effectively communicate data via map design and feature representation. By applying the concepts to your work, you will ensure your personal or organizational mapping products will improve in quality.

The course has been designed as an entry-level source of information and participants are encouraged to do further research if they are interested.

This course covers a number of topics related to cartography, including:

• What is Cartography?
• Information Transfer
• Types of Data
• Famous Maps
• Map Design
• Expectation Vs Reality
• Map Preparation
• Figure Ground
• Intellectual Hierarchy
• Visual Hierarchy
• Sequential Delivery
• Gestalt Theory
• Typography & Label Placement