The sign-up form is now available for those of you who would like to attend a class I am teaching on October 26, 2012 from 1pm to 5pm at Colorado State University. The class costs $60, payable by check at the workshop or by CSU account number and is open to anyone who would like to attend.
We are going to try and have a lot of fun in class. There will be oranges, exclusive videos on cartographic workflow from some of the best in the industry, cartoons, West Wing, and much more! There will be prizes! I may actually do a bit of teaching too!
I’ll bring copies of Cartographer’s Toolkit along so workshop attendees can buy them directly from me at a reduced price. I’ll take check or PayPal.
The rough outline of the workshop includes:
- Introductions
- Coordinate Systems
- Label Placement
- Typography
- Color
- Layout Design
- Cartophilosophy
- Career Considerations / Workflow Tools
Yes, we will discuss tools of the trade including both open source and proprietary tools. But, in keeping with the tool-agnostic philosophy behind both my cartographic design books, this workshop will primarily focus on the basics of good map design regardless of the tools or the media (static and dynamic).
For those who don’t know my credentials, I’ve written two books on the subject (see side-bar). Also, here is a blurb from a recent GIS Lounge article:
Gretchen Peterson is a well-known geospatial professional who has run her own GIS consulting firm, PetersonGIS, since 2001. She has worked on a wide range of GIS projects including (just to name a few) solar energy site suitability analysis, stream restoration prioritization, wildlife corridor design, and an archaeological sensitivity model. Her extensive experience with geographic analysis and mapping forms the baseline for the knowledge she shares in her publications on maps and cartography. Peterson shares her thoughts about cartography and the geospatial field regularly on her blog and via her @PetersonGIS twitter account.” ~GIS Lounge
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