Course Title: Multimedia Cartography and Geovisualization 1

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Multimedia Cartography and Geovisualization 1

Credit Points: 12.00

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GEOM2106	City Campus	Undergraduate	145H Mathematical & Geospatial Sciences	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010

Course Coordinator: Professor William Cartwright

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2423

Course Coordinator Email: william.cartwright@rmit.edu.au

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Students are required to have completed the first year of the program before beginning this course.

Students should also be able to use personal computers and the Internet.

There are no other requirements.

Course Description

The course addresses the use of New Media in the geospatial sciences and the theory and practice of the application of multimedia to cartography. The theory related to interactive multimedia, the World Wide Web (WWW) and the tools for publishing will be outlined and production methods explored.

It has as its aim the establishment and development of key theories and practices in the contemporary use of multimedia and scientific visualization tools and their application to the geospatial sciences. Lectures, theory and practicals establish and develop key theories and practices in the contemporary use of multimedia in the geospatial sciences.

Theory covered are the areas of the history of communications and media, the concepts and applications of hypermedia, multimedia and distributed interactive multimedia. It addresses the use of New Media and its application to the delivery of contemporary geospatial information products.

It also covers aspects related to the theory and practice of the application of multimedia to cartography. It covers the areas of the history of multimedia and the parallel development associated with the history of multimedia cartography; the concepts and applications of hypermedia, distributed multimedia and discrete multimedia; the architecture of multimedia; and tools for Interface Design, Interaction, Sound and Animation. Other areas covered are design, communication systems, standards, authoring and evaluation of multimedia products.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Capability Level 
GC1.1/1.2 Knowledge - 1
GC 2.1/2.2 Technical - 1 
GC 3.1/3.2 Critical Analysis & Problem Solving - N/A
GC 4.1/4.2 Communication - 1
GC 5.1/5.2 Personal & Professional Awareness - 1
GC 6.1/6.2 Independent & Integrated Practice - N/A

At the end of this course students will:

Appreciate the application of New Media to mapping;
Have knowledge of the history of multimedia and the parallel development associated with the history of multimedia cartography;
Understand the concepts and applications of hypermedia, distributed multimedia and discrete multimedia.
Appreciate the application of New Media to mapping;
Have knowledge of the architecture of multimedia;
Be able to use multimedia tools for Interface Design, Interaction, Sound and Animation;
Appreciate publishing design issues;
Be able to design and author multimedia products;
Be able to undertake the production of multimedia cartography products.

Overview of Learning Activities

The learning activities included in this course are lectures, tutorials and studio sessions.

Overview of Learning Resources

Prescribed References:
Cartwright, W. E., Peterson, M. P. and Gartner, G., 2007, Multimedia Cartography Edition 2, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
Recommended References:
Dykes, J., MacEachren, A. and Kraak, M-J., 2005, Exploring Geovisualization, Elsevier.
Peterson, M.P.(ed.), 2003, Maps and the Internet, Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd.,
Kraak, M-J and A. Brown, 2000, Web Cartography. Taylor and Francis
Professional Journals and contemporary graphics and multimedia magazines and videos.

Overview of Assessment

The assessment for this course comprises tests, presentations and written work such as practical assignment reports.