Cartography Teaching and GIS Software Development in Nanjing University MA Jingsong Dept. of Geographic Information Science School of Geographic & Oceanographic Sciences Nanjing University Nov. 11 th, 2013

Topics In Nanjing University Cartography course teaching GIS software developments

Cartography course teaching in NJU Cartography course for graduate students Textbooks Assignments Teaching materials & resources Mapping software

Cartography course teaching in NJU Postgraduate Course: –The Advanced Cartography Bilingual teaching Graduate students from School of Geography, mainly Dept. of GIS

Cartography course teaching in NJU Textbooks: 1.Arthur H. Robinson, Joel L. Morrison, et al. Elements of Cartography, 6th edition 2.Paul A. Longley, Mike Goodchild, et al. Geographic Information Systems & Science, 3rd edition

Cartography course teaching in NJU References: 1.Cynthia A. Brewer, Designing better maps, A Guide for GIS Users, ESRI Press 2.Jeremy W. Crampton, Mapping, A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS, Willey- Blackwell 3.A. Jon Kimerling, et al, Map Use, ESRI Press

Cartography course teaching in NJU Subjects: 1.History of cartography 2.Map coordinates systems and projections 3.Map compilation 4.Principles of map design, and 5.Map color theory and design

Cartography course teaching in NJU Assignment: –Software: ArcGIS (e.g. ArcMap) –Design and produce a thematic map –Illustrate distributions of 2 or more related geographic phenomena –Express spatial relationships among them

Cartography course teaching in NJU 3 GIS courses for undergraduate students –Introduction to GIS –The principles of GIS –3D GIS Cartography and GIS related courses at uWaerloo ?

GIS software developments in NJU Dept. of Geographic Information Science –GIS software developments date back to 1960s –China’s first computer-made topographic map in 1973 –Focusing on mapping and GIS algorithms

GIS software developments in NJU Major research and software development projects , Digital watermark embedding and detection system for Geospatial Data, for the Bureau of GeoInformatics and Surveying, Jiangsu province , Digital South China Sea, for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Differential GPS for mobile devices, for the Bureau of Transportation, Jiangsu province , Hydrology Modeling and River Network Flow Simulation, for the Bureau of Water Resource, Jiangsu Province , Digital Geographical Fieldwork Practice System using 3D stereoscope technique, supported by Chinese Ministry of Education 6.…

GIS software developments in NJU 1.Digital watermark embedding and detection system for Geospatial Data ( 2003 – 2004 ) –Bureau of GeInformatics and Surveying, Jiangsu province –Purpose: Develop digital watermark embedding algorithms for ArcGIS files Protect copyrights of geospatial data producers in China –Not degrade the quality of the geospatial data –Not be detected or destroyed by users' operations

GIS software developments in NJU 2. The Digital South China Sea ( ) –Project from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs –Digital Earth system like Google Earth –Client/Server architecture –Object-based geospatial database scheme –Network transmission protocol based on TCP/IP –GIS server system using asynchronous socket technique 2D display –GIS client system using OpenGL for 3D and GDI+ for 2D display

GIS software developments in NJU 3. Differential GPS for mobile devices, ( ) –Bureau of Transportation, Jiangsu province. –Real-time meter-level GPS receiver –Alternative solution affordable to ordinary users –Inexpensive GPS module and GPRS –Differential GPS algorithm

GIS software developments in NJU 4. Hydrology Modeling and River Network Flow Simulation, ( ) –Bureau of Water Resource, Jiangsu Province. –Everyday precipitation and evaporation data - surface and subsurface runoff model –River networks topologic spatial data - hydrodynamic model to simulate river flows and water levels –From 1966 to present

GIS software developments in NJU 5. Digital Geographical Fieldwork Practice System, ( 2011 – 2014 ) –Supported by the Chinese Ministry of Education –Virtual reality system, simulate real geographical environments of students’ fieldwork –3D stereoscopic vision –OpenGL quad buffered mechanism

Other projects Map Projection Transformation Tool –For students instruction –Graphic User Interface – 2D/3D –Almost all commonly used map projections –Projection’s parameters set on the fly –Display user specified spatial data

Other projects Automatic Map Generalization using Parallel Computing. –National Natural Science Foundation of China –All available map generalization algorithms –In parallel computing environment –OpenMP, MPI, …

Conclusions uWaterloo’s –GIS software developing ( C++, Java, open source GIS ) –Parallel computing, cloud computing in GIS –WebMapping ( PPGIS ) –3D GIS ( Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality in GIS )

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