GGR225H1S - The Power of Maps and Geographic Information !
University of Toronto Department of Geography and Program in Planning
January 11th, 2014!
Course Title!
GGR 225H1S The Power of Maps and Geographic Information!
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Course Description!
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Examines the changing role of geographic information in society. Considers how
spatial information is produced, organized, and used in different historical, cultural,
and political contexts. Topics examined include: the effects of the shift from print to
digital mapping; implications of mobile spatial technologies and the geoweb; open
source and open access; production and control of spatial data and information; and
alternative cartographies. Introduces geospatial literacy skills.!
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Class Location!
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SS1069!
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Course format!
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Lectures and class discussions!
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Course Website!
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Lecture slides with notes, as well as other information will be posted on the
following website: http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/GGR225/!
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Course Objectives!
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Students will:!
• gain an understanding of the evolution and uses of maps and other geographic
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• understand the forces that have transformed traditional geographic information into
our digital world, and the impacts these have had on society!
• learn the difference between several types of geographic information, how to use
them, how to critique them, and how to find them!
• be exposed to, and appreciate a variety of different types of geographic
information used for mapping, analyses, interpretation, etc.!
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Readings!
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There is no textbook for this class. Readings will be selections from digital resources
available to students via the University of Toronto Libraries, or freely on the web.
Weekly readings will form a large part of each lecture, and will inform discussions in
class. Please note that most readings are behind the U of T Library firewall. To gain !
access you will either have to sign in using your UTORID, before being able to
download items; or you will need to be on campus using either the U of T wireless
system; or be using a U of T connected computer.!
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Instructor!
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Marcel Fortin !
Room 5027, 130 St. George Street (Robarts Library)!
Map and Data Library!
[email protected]!
416.978.1958!
@mapsgis!
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Office Hours!
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Office hours are held on Wednesdays, 9:30AM-11AM, in the instructor’s office in
the Map and Data Library, 130 St. George Street.!
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Teaching Assistants!
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Kwun Sau (Charles) Chiu [email protected]!
Ha Yon (Jenny) Jung [email protected]!
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Teaching Assistant Office Hours!
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TBD!
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Lecture Times!
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L0101: R12-2!
Thursdays 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM!
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Class Location!
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Sidney Smith 1069!
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Plagiarism and other Academic Offences!
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Plagiarism and other academic offences are very serious and could jeopardize
your academic career. Refer to the Arts and Science Code of Behaviour on
Academic Matters to understand what is considered an academic offence and
what are the ramifications: http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/
behaveac.htm!
Plagiarism is quoting (or paraphrasing) the work of someone else, including
other students, without a proper use of citations. Quotation marks are required
when using someone else’s words. Students should also discuss with the
instructor before submitting any work for which credit has previously been !
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obtained or is being sought. For further information, please consult the “Rules
and Regulations” section of the Arts and Science Calendar at http://
www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofrécalendar/Rules_&_Regulations.html and
the check the “How not to plagiarize” website at http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/
advice/using-sources/how-not-to-plagiarize.!
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Course Website / Blackboard!
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Log into http://portal.utoronto.ca using your UTORid. GGR225 should be linked
from your main content page. If you need information on how to activate your
UTORid and set your password for the first time, please go to
www.utorid.utoronto.ca. !
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Course Twitter Hashtag!
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#GGR225!
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Twitter is a fun and quick method of discovering and sharing information. It is a
very popular method of communication. Please note that you are not required to
use twitter for this class, but some students may be interested in participating in
class discussions using twitter. Even if you choose not to use twitter to broadcast
messages, you are still able to read twitter posts for this class if you have a
twitter account. For more information on twitter, and for an introduction on how to
get started with twitter, see https://support.twitter.com/articles/215585-gettingstarted-with-twitter!
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Accessibility Needs!
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The University of Toronto is committed to accessibility. If you require
accommodations for a disability, or have any accessibility concerns about the
course, the classroom or course materials, please contact Accessibility Services
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as soon as possible: [email protected] or http://
studentlife.utoronto.ca/accessibility!
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Students may also want to contact Accessibility Services Office if they have
problems arising from chronic issues or injuries sustained during the term that
affect their ability to do tests. For more information, see http://
www.accessibility.utoronto.ca/Faculty-and-Staff.htm!
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Non-Native Speakers of English!
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Non-native speakers of English who have difficulties with writing or
communicating in English should visit the following website for assistance: http://
www.writing.utoronto.ca/faqs/english-as-second-language!
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Audio or video recordings of class!
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Taking photos and video recordings during classes, and lectures is not
permitted. Audio recording of lectures requires permission of the instructor. The
unauthorized use of any form of device to audiotape, photograph, video-record
or otherwise reproduce lectures, course notes or teaching materials provided by
instructors is covered by the Canadian Copyright Act (http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/
info/act-e.html) and is prohibited. In the case of private use by students with
disabilities, the instructor's consent must not be unreasonably withheld.
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For further information on these restrictions, please see the Provostial
guidelines on the Appropriate Use of Information and Communication
Technology, available at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/policy/use.htm!
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Assignments and Marking!
Grades will be based on your performance in the following series of assignments
and final exam. !
Assignment 1 - (10%) : Finding and using maps: map history, cartographic
concepts and interpretation. (25 short answer questions)!
Due: January 30th, 2014!
Assignment 2 - (15%) : Map Reading. (25 short answer questions)!
Due: February 13th, 2014!
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Assignment 3 - (20%) : Deconstructing a map. (Short 4-5 double-spaced page
essay)!
Due: March 6, 2014!
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Assignment 4 - (20%) : Story Mapping using Web Mapping Tools (ArcGIS
online and/or Google Earth) - (Combination digital map and short, 2-3 page
essay)!
Due: April 3, 2014!
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Final Exam - (35%)!
Date: TBD!
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Assignments are due the day of class (Thursdays), and before class (12:00PM)
begins. Class assignments will be accepted in digital format only. PDF format is
preferred. If you are unsure about how to produce a PDF document, please
contact the instructor or the Teaching Assistants. Please note that most word
processors have either a print or export function that can be used to export
documents to PDF format.!
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Late Penalties!
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5% of the total mark for the assignment will be deducted for every day (24
hours), including weekend and holidays, that an assignment is late.!
Extensions!
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Extensions on assignments will be granted only in the case of illness or other
non-medical emergencies. If you do become ill (or otherwise incapacitated) you
must provide the instructor with appropriate documentation. For a late
assignment, contact the instructor as soon as possible – and no later than oneweek after the original assignment due date. For medical exemptions, only an
official U of T form will be accepted (available online here http://
www.illnessverification.utoronto.ca/). Please consult your college registrar if you
are having difficulties during the term that prevent you from completing your
course work. For non-medical emergencies, they may be able to provide a letter
documenting your situation. Be aware that submitting a note which has been
altered or obtained under false pretences is considered a very serious offence
by the University.!
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Term-work remark requests!
Remark requests must me made no later than two weeks after work has been
returned. Any enquiries about grading on term work must be made within two
weeks of the return date of the work. This is in accordance with Arts and Science
rules and regulations as specified in the calendar. Any material submitted for
remarking should also be accompanied by a written explanation detailing your
reasons for requesting the instructor to review the assignment. Note also if a
remarking is granted, the student must accept the resulting mark as the new
mark, whether it goes up or down or remains the same. !
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Lectures!
Week 1 - January 9, 2014!
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Course Introduction!
Topics: Defining and broad discussion of maps and geographic Information.
What is a map? What is geographic information?!
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Week 2 - January 16, 2014 !
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The Evolution and History of Maps !
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Topics : The “evolution and progress” of cartography vs. the history of
cartography; types of maps; uses of maps!
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Readings:!
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Edney, Matthew H. “Cartography without ‘Progress’: Reinterpreting the Nature !
and Historical Development of Mapmaking.” In The Map Reader:
Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation, edited
by Martin. Dodge, Rob. Kitchin, and C. R. Perkins, 73–82. Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. http://books2.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?
id=410269&page=106!
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Wood, Denis. “Cartography is Dead (Thank God!).” Cartographic Perspectives, !
no. 45 (Spring 2003): 4-7. http://makingmaps.owu.edu/mm/
cartographydead.pdf. !
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Podcast:!
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Young, Nora, and Jerry Brotton. Jerry Brotton on the History of Maps. CBC’s
Spark,!
December 7, 2012 !
http://www.cbc.ca/spark/full-interviews/2012/12/07/jerry-brotton-on-thehistory-of-maps/. (23 minutes)!
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Week 3 - January 23, 2014!
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Repositories of Maps and Geographic Information!
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Note: This class will be held in the Map and Data Library on the fifth floor of the
Robarts Library. Robarts is at 130 St. George street. We will split the class into
two groups for two different tours. Interim Map and Data Library librarian,
Leanne Trimble, and Map Cataloguer Jordan Hale will be conducting the tours
and will provide valuable information for your first two assignments.!
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Topics : Geographic Information, Maps, and Libraries; the intertwined history of
maps and libraries!
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Readings:!
Parry, Bob, and Chris Perkins. “Introduction.” In The map library in the new !
millennium, 1-11. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2001. http://tinyurl.com/3y3ahct!
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Ristow, W. W. “What about maps?.” Library Trends 4, no. 2 (1955): 123-139. !
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/5633. !
Week 4 - January 30, 2014 (Assignment 1 due)!
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Geographic Information Competency and Literacy!
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Topics: cognitive mapping; geographic information literacy; geographic
knowledge; literacy; numeracy; and graphicacy!
Readings:!
“Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.” Accessed !
December 16, 2013. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/
informationliteracycompetency.!
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Spitzer, Kathleen L., Michael B. Eisenberg, Carrie A. Lowe, Christina S. Doyle, !
and ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. Information
literacy : essential skills for the information age. Syracuse, N.Y.: ERIC
Clearinghouse on Information & Technology, Syracuse University, 1998.
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http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?
accno=ED427780. (Introduction and Chapter 1) !
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Week 5 - February 6, 2014!
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Maps that Restrict, Enrage, and Enflame!
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Topics : quest for longitude; peters projection; geographic information that
enflames; Vinland map; the meridian convention; gerrymandering; propaganda;
war and mapping!
Readings:!
Crampton, Jeremy. “Cartographic Rationality and the Politics of Geosurveillance !
and Security.” In The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and
Cartographic Representation, edited by Martin. Dodge, Rob. Kitchin, and
C. R. Perkins, 440–447. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. http://
books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=410269&page=70.!
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Kadmon, Naftali. “Toponymy and Geopolitics: The Political Use — and Misuse — !
of Geographical Names.” Cartographic Journal, The 41, no. 2 (August
2004): 85–87. doi:10.1179/000870404X12897.!
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Week 6 - February 13, 2014 (Assignment 2 due)!
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Geographic Information and Power!
Topics: Is a map always just a map? Deconstructing maps!
Readings:!
Crampton, Jeremy W. “Maps as social constructions: power, communication and !
visualization.” Progress in Human Geography 25 (2001): 235-52. http://
atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10214/1829/35Crampton.pdf? sequence=1.!
Harley, J.B. “Deconstructing the map.” Cartographica 26, no. 2 (Summer 1989): !
1-20. http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/e635782717579t53/. !
Harley, J.B. “The Map as Biography : Thoughts on Ordnance Survey Map, Six-!
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Inch Sheet Devonshire CIX, SE, Newton Abbot.” In The Map Reader:
Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation, edited
by Martin. Dodge, Rob. Kitchin, and C. R. Perkins, 328–331. Hoboken,
NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. http://books2.scholarsportal.info/
viewdoc.html?id=410269&page=359.!
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February 20th, 2014 - Reading Week - No Class!
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Week 7 - February 27, 2014!
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Beyond Maps and Mapping!
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Topics : aboriginal geographic knowledge; literature; music; cognitive mapping;
art and science debate of cartography; toponymy!
Readings:!
Cosgrove, Denis. “Art and Mapping: An Introduction.” Cartographic !
Perspectives, no. 53 (2006): 4. http://nacis.org/documents_upload/
cp53winter2006.pdf. (required)!
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Downs, Roger M. “Maps and Metaphors.” The Professional Geographer 33, no. 3!
(1981): 287–293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-0124.1981.00287.x.
(required)!
Wood, Denis. “Map art.” Cartographic Perspectives, no. 53 (2006): 5-14. http://
nacis.org/documents_upload/cp53winter2006.pdf. !
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Peluso, Nancy. “Whose Woods Are These? Counter- Mapping Forest Territories !
in Kalimantan, Indonesia.” In The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping
Practice and Cartographic Representation, edited by Martin. Dodge,
Rob. Kitchin, and C. R. Perkins, 422–429. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell,
2011. http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?
id=410269&page=454.!
Barbaray Belyea’s “Amerindian Maps: the explorer as translator” in Journal of !
Historical Geography http://
journals1.scholarsportal.info.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/tmp/
2143887596229506978.pdf!
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Week 8 - March 6, 2014 (Assignment 3 due)!
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Digital Earth!
Topics: Google Earth; Google Tour Builder!
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Readings!
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Goodchild, Michael F. What Does Google Earth Mean for the Social Sciences? !
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/
10.1002/9780470987643.ch2.!
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Gore, Al. 2013. “The Digital Earth - Al Gore.” Accessed December 3. !
http://www.isde5.org/al_gore_speech.htm.!
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Week 9 - March 13, 2014!
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The Evolution of Digital Mapping!
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Topics: The evolution of digital mapping. Who invented Geographic Information
Systems (GIS)?; Canadian GIS; The Harvard Lab!
Readings!
Goodchild, M. F. “Twenty Years of Progress: GIScience in 2010.” Journal of !
Spatial Information Science 1. July 27, 2010: 3–20. http://www.josis.org/
index.php/josis/article/download/32/33.!
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Tobler, Waldo R. 2011. “Automation and Cartography.” In The Map Reader: !
Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation, ed.
Martin. Dodge, Rob. Kitchin, and C. R. Perkins, 137–140. Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley-Blackwell. http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?
id=410269&page=170.!
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Week 10 - March 20, 2014!
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The Management and Control of Geospatial Information and Data!
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Readings!
Judge, Elizabeth, and Teresa Scassa. “Intellectual Property and the Licensing of !
Canadian Government Geospatial Data: An Examination of
Geoconnections’ Recommendations for Best Practices and Template
Licences.” Accessed June 16, 2010. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/
papers.cfm?abstract_id=1567482.!
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Klinkenberg, B. “The True Cost of Spatial Data in Canada.” The Canadian !
Geographer/Le Géographe Canadien 47, no. 1 (2003): 37–49. http://
resolver.scholarsportal.info/resolve/00083658/v47i0001/37_ttcosdic.!
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Week 11 - March 27, 2014!
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Geographic Information in a Digital World!
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Topics: The future of geographic information and the web!
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Readings!
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Anand, Suchith, Michael Batty, Andrew Crooks, Andrew Hudson-Smith Mike !
Jackson, Richard Milton, and Jeremy Morley. 2010. Data Mash-ups and
the Future of Mapping. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/
techwatch/jisctsw_10_01.pdf.!
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Goodchild, Michael F. 2007. “Citizens as Sensors: The World of Volunteered !
Geography.” GeoJournal 69 (4) (November): 211-221. http://
books2.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=/ebooks/ebooks2/wiley/
2011-12-13/3/9780470979587&page=402!
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Week 12 - April 3, 2014 (Assignment 4 due)!
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Course review!
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Lecture Slides!
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Lecture slides will be made available to students following each lecture. All slides will be
held at http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/GGR225/!
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Note!
The instructor reserves the right to modify the topics, readings and schedule
during the semester.!
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