Geography 580 Website
General Information
Instructor
- Xiaolan Wu
- Office: 1070 Derby
- Phone: 292-2705
- Email: wu.368@osu.edu
- Office Hrs: Tue 1:00 - 2:00pm, Thu 12:00 - 2:00pm
Teaching Assistant
- Jason VanHorn
- Office: 1145 Derby
- Phone: 292-6127
- Email: vanhorn.17@osu.edu
- Office Hrs: Wed 8:30 - 10:30am
Syllabus
Lectures
Lecture 1
Lecture 1-history
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 3-handout
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
sample question
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
Handouts for Lect. 10: Choropleth Mapping
Lecture 11
Handouts for Lect. 11: Isarithmic Mapping
Lecture 12
Handouts for Lect. 12: Proportional Symbols
Example of Linear Interpolation
Lecture 13
Handouts for Lect. 13: Dot Mapping
Lecture 14
Handouts for Lect 14: Multivariate Mapping
Lecture 15
Handouts for Lect 15: Cartograms (the last few pages of this reading)
Lecture 16
Animation History
Final Review
Labs
Lab 1
Lab 2
Lab 3_4
Lab 6
Lab 8
Map Gallery
choropleth map1
choropleth map2
isarithmic map1
isarithmic map2
Cartography Links
Numerical Cartography Laborator-Maintained by OSU. Links to data, resources, academic departments, web mapping and jobs.
Franklin County Auditor GIS-Great site. Search Franklin Cty parcels. How much did your landlord buy your house for?
National Atlas of the United States-View and create maps of US data.
USGS National Map-Will have complete topographic coverate of the US. Interactive maps.
TerraServer-High resolution areal photos.
Atlas of Canada
OhioLINK LandSat 7 Server- See Images below of Columbus (left: Near Infrared, right: Natural Color)