Presentation and Visualisation Needs
Wherever we look, we are faced with maps: in daily newspapers and weekly news magazines, in books, on television, on the internet,
on the train, at kiosks and even on table place mats.
There is also a great variety in map types. Some are highly
detailed and look like engineering drawings, others appear like hand made sketches or
simple 'way-finding' maps. Some of them show the whole world, others an area not larger
than your backyard.
The objective of this lesson is to demonstrate the importance of map and cartography in our pseudo-modern world, and giving an explanation of why there are so many maps and why they have such different aspects.
Learning Objectives
- Be able to understand why it is necessary to create beautiful maps.
- Be able to understand the impact and power of cartography.
- Know the map users and their specificities.
- Know a short history of map use.
- Know what the objectives of specially ordered maps are.
- Know the differences between Cartography and Visualisation.
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