Sunday, February 6, 2011

The best use of colour in cartography

In class on Monday, Feb. 7 we will be talking about some important conventions for the use of colour in cartography. More challenging are those "grey areas" (well, not literally grey), where you can choose from any number of colour choices. How to pick?!

We will be going over a few online tools that help you to make up your mind, such as ColorBrewer and Color Your Map: fun to play around with and very helpful in assisting you to make wise colour selections.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

UPDATE: SMU is closed as of 11:30am today (Feb. 2)

There will NOT be a lab this afternoon due to the school closure from 11:30 through to at least 7pm tonight. Please see the previous post for ways that you will be able to work on this lab....

Class CANCELLED: Wednesday, Sept. 2

GEOG 2336 lecture will be cancelled today.
I will be posting content related to the theme of "colour" choices in Cartography within the next day. So make sure to come back to this site to read what I post. I will post your next lecture on the p:drive before Monday's class.

For those of you in Lab B:
Please continue to watch the SMU web site "weather watch" section to monitor if the University will be open this afternoon. If the University remains open, the lab will be held (for those who want to attend or live close to campus). If you do not live close to campus and can not attend the lab, you can work on it on your own time through the week. In addition, the Lab A TA has offered for you to be able to drop in on the Monday lab for some extra assistance if necessary. As well, Emma has offered to assist anyone in the lab next week when she is around.
Your lab will be due next Thursday, February 9, to give you the extra lab day should you need it to complete this assignment.
Stay safe and stay tuned!