ICA Workshops and Seminars
Map Language and Geoinformation
Location: Moscow, Institute of Geography RAS
Date: 3-4 August 2007
Contact:
Alexander Wolodtschenko, email:
Nikolay Komedchikov, email:
The seminar "Map Language and Geoinformation" is open for all colleagues with cartographic and non cartographic traditions and without fee.
Seminar`s goals are allow all participants to report on thair current theoretical- or applied-cartosemiotic researches, to activate and to support in particular young scientists, to develop the cooperation with cartographic and non cartographic experience.
Some selected sub-themes of the seminar:
- cartosemiotics and map language in communication society
- competence questions of cartosemiotics
- map language and others languages
- map language and internet
- language(s) of topographic, thematic and special maps
- cultural-semiotic and historical aspects of map language
- etc.
Deadlines:
Abstracts submission: 1st June, 2007 (abstracts should be no more 300 words)
Abstracts notification: 15th June, 2007
Preliminary program will be displayed since July 1, 2007 on the Commission "Theoretical Cartography" web site: http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~wolodt/tc-com/
The results of seminar will be published as cd-proceedings.
Cartogarphy with ArcGIS
Fees: This three-day course is free for ICC 2007 Conference attendees and ESRI users
Location: Moscow, Data+ Training Center Moscow, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Str., 10. See the map at http://www.dataplus.ru/About/map_eng.htm
Date: 2 - 4 August 2007
Contact:
Instructor: Makram Murad-al-shaikh (ESRI, USA), email:
Registration: Natalya Tikhonova, email:
Additional info: Nina Lebedeva, email:
Covered topics:
- The design process: Map, design, and communication; eye imitations in deciphering graphics; map critique; one day’s worth of basic cartographic principles
- Feature symbology: Choosing appropriate unambiguous symbols and colors; setting layer symbology in ArcMap™; working with styles in ArcMap; creating custom symbols
- Thematic mapping: Displaying qualitative and quantitative data; choosing a classification method; normalizing data
- Text and labels: Text placement guidelines; labeling options in ArcMap (including the Maplex™ extension); setting label weights and priorities; building expressions to format labels; label placement options
- Annotation: Creating annotation features in ArcGIS®; managing annotation groups; editing annotation
- Mapping raster data: ArcMap raster tools; raster properties; resampling raster data for display; using the Effects toolbar; rendering relief maps
- Creating visually balanced and informative layouts and final output: Characteristics of effective maps; layout design tools; setting legend, scale bar, and other map element properties; creating and using templates
- Using the proper generalization level for improving map readability at publication scale
- Using the capabilities of representation for visualization
- Critiquing maps for the purpose of improving design skills
For more course details:
Visit http://www.esri.com/training/cartography.
Who should attend:
This course is designed for experienced ESRI® ArcGIS software users who want to produce high-quality map products. Attendees are highly encouraged to bring their own maps for use in the map critique exercises
Prerequisites:
Attendees should have completed either of the following courses: Introduction to ArcGIS I or Learning ArcGIS Desktop, or have equivalent knowledge of ArcGIS
Available seats:
This course is limited to 16 persons. Attendees of the ICC 2007 Conference who would like to attend the course will be given priority if they make reservations between now and the last day of May 2007. On 1 June 2007, the remaining seats will be available to both ICC 2007 Conference attendees and other ESRI users on a first come, first served basis. The final registration deadline for all is 15 July 2007. Please plan on applying to attend this course early.
Modeling of the Spatial Data Infrastructure
Location: St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg University
Date: Sunday, July 29 - Wednesday August 1 2007
Contact:
Harold Moellering, email:
German Kuroshev, email:
Who should attend:
Members of the Commission and guest spatial scientists interested in modeling the SDI. They should have a good knowledge of spatial data modeling, and a deep knowledge of UML modeling concepts. This is a working meeting of the Commission, and not a seminar.