Terry Slocum and Xingong Li

Slocum and Li will team-teach a new course, "Mapping and Analysis in the Cloud." Available to both undergraduate and graduate students, the course will cover a broad range of approaches for visualizing and analyzing spatial data via the web and associated cloud computing. The fundamental goal will be to enable students to develop their own web mapping and analysis applications. An important element of this will be the creation of map and analysis mashups, in which students use tools and data from multiple online sources to create web mapping and analysis applications. The instructors will create a website that will include all material developed in association with the course, including links to online resources used, material used in lectures and class discussions, and examples of student assignments and independent projects (including all source code and documentation).

• Module 1 - General Course Information
  • Lecture Notes, Module 1
  • Syllabus - Slocum and Li
• Module 2 - Intro to Maps and the Internet
  • Lab: Introduction to Image file types and HTML
  • Lecture 2 - Slocum and Li
  • Lecture Notes, Module 2
• Module 3 - Peterson, Chapters 3 and 4
  • Lecture 3 - Slocum and Li
  • Lecture Notes, Module 3
• Module 4 - Peterson, Chapters 5 and 6, Online Street Map
  • Lab: Comparison of Map Service Providers
  • Lecture 4 - Slocum and Li
  • Lecture Notes, Module 4
• Module 5 - Cartographic Foundation
  • Lab: Map Scale, Map Projections, Data Classification, and Linear Simplification
  • Lecture 5 - Slocum and Li
  • Lecture Notes, Module 5
• Module 6 - Intro to Javascript Programming
  • Demo Programs
  • Guide: Using Firebug
  • Lab: Basic JavaScript Programming
  • Lab: Creating a Basis for Visualization
  • Lecture 6 - Slocum and Li
• Module 7 - Introducing Map Mashups
  • Lab: Introducing Map Mashups
  • Lecture 7 - Slocum and Li
• Module 8 - Point Data and Methods for Symbolizing Point Data
  • Illustrative Programs
  • Lab: Handling Web-based File Formats and Displaying Markers and Graduated Symbols
  • Lecture 8 - Slocum and Li
• Module 9 - Line and Area Mashups
  • Illustrative Programs - Module 9
  • Lab: Creating Area Mashups
  • Lab: Creating Line Mashups
  • Lecture 9 - Slocum and Li
• Module 10 - Animated Mapping
  • Lab: Creating an Animation of Historical U.S. City Population Data
  • Lecture 10 - Slocum and Li
  • Lecture Notes, Module 10
• Module 11 - Leaflet, MySQL, and PHP
  • Lecture 11 - Web Maps with Leaflet
  • Lecture Notes, Module 11
  • Sample Programs - Module 11
• Module 12 - Final Project
  • Final Project - Slocum and Li
  • Lecture Notes, Module 12
• Module 13 - Course Reflections
  • Final Syllabus
  • Original Syllabus
  • Reflections