I enjoyed watching this video. And as a Cartographer and a map maker, you really helped elaborate on some key things which I got a better understanding thankyou very much sir!
This was an amazing overview! I believe it has made me want to have a focus on learning GIS tracking! Does someone need to be in school or have prior experience in order to get certified or a job in the field? Thanks again!
I am confused about the legend vs key. Legend being more generic and key being more precise. The example in the video seems reversed 5:29. The key for example basketball/tennis seems like it would be more generic vs the legend which shows that actual basketball icon. That seems more precise.
Hi thanks. It's not about the symbol itself, but what feature(s) it is defined to represent, a unique feature or a generic category of features. Either way the symbol could be just a basketball. For example, a basketball symbol could be defined to mean only Madison Square Garden, a single famous basketball arena, and would be part of a key. The basketball symbol could be defined to mean basketball courts in general, a generic category. So it's not about the symbol itself but how you define it, because theoretically a given symbol could be defined as anything the cartographer wants it to mean (even if it seems to make no sense).
So what is it simply that makes something a map really? That word still seems abstract to me even after watching this. If i take a picture in a helicopter over my street and use that picture to navigate my street in the future, why isn’t just that plain picture a map?
@everythingisfake7555 great question. What makes a map different from an aerial photo is that a map is drawn/designed as a model and uses symbols to depict the landscape. So with a map, the human can choose both what features are included and also how they appear symbolically. With a photo, what appears is the actual landscape itself rather than symbols depicting it. Having said that, they do often combine maps with aerial photos. They "overlay" or "drape" aerial photos on maps, like on Google Maps when you click to terrain view etc.
@@robertthornett Thank you for responding and thank you for the video it is very well done. So would you say the map is the information OVERLAYED on the picture in this specific case (aerial shot of my street)? Additionally, do you have your own definition of the word map that you use?
Sir,I am a undergraduate department of geography at University of Ruhuna In Sri Lanka. I want to learn cartography. I want to know what should be learn course contents for the cartographer. I request kindly reply me
Hi thanks one thing to definitely learn about his map projections, the different types and what situations to use them. I will male another video about projections. Also data sources, like what are the different kinds of data that cartographers use to make maps (government census data, data from field collection, etc.) And the principles of map design, so the map looks good and is easy to read. With GIS, there is a whole set of spatial analysis tools (like functions you run on the data) in the software. The main software is ESRI ArcMap, it has lots of functions in it. If you can understand the idea of the statistics behind these functions, it allows you to use them well.
You mean where the longitudes all converge together at true north on the map like they do in the real world right? A planar/azimuthal map will show all the longitudes converging at the pole.
Amazing lectures, I just start learn Cartohraphy, your video is help me a lot sir. Thank you
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Why is he so underrated....? such amazing videos .
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I enjoyed watching this video. And as a Cartographer and a map maker, you really helped elaborate on some key things which I got a better understanding thankyou very much sir!
Thanks and thanks for watching, I appreciate your comments.
Excellent video. Thank you very much Robert
Very good narration, I make my undergrad students watch it before lecture. Thank you...
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Clear explanation of cartography. You really nailed it sir
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Please keep making videos . Very informative and interesting .
Thank you! I will make more
This was an amazing overview! I believe it has made me want to have a focus on learning GIS tracking! Does someone need to be in school or have prior experience in order to get certified or a job in the field? Thanks again!
@TheWildDryad thanks! Quickest way is lot of community colleges offer GIS certificate programs and/or 2 year GIS degrees. Many 4 year colleges also
Thank you for your videos! Great teaching!
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Great lecture, I loved it!
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I am confused about the legend vs key. Legend being more generic and key being more precise. The example in the video seems reversed 5:29. The key for example basketball/tennis seems like it would be more generic vs the legend which shows that actual basketball icon. That seems more precise.
Hi thanks. It's not about the symbol itself, but what feature(s) it is defined to represent, a unique feature or a generic category of features. Either way the symbol could be just a basketball. For example, a basketball symbol could be defined to mean only Madison Square Garden, a single famous basketball arena, and would be part of a key. The basketball symbol could be defined to mean basketball courts in general, a generic category. So it's not about the symbol itself but how you define it, because theoretically a given symbol could be defined as anything the cartographer wants it to mean (even if it seems to make no sense).
So what is it simply that makes something a map really? That word still seems abstract to me even after watching this. If i take a picture in a helicopter over my street and use that picture to navigate my street in the future, why isn’t just that plain picture a map?
@everythingisfake7555 great question. What makes a map different from an aerial photo is that a map is drawn/designed as a model and uses symbols to depict the landscape. So with a map, the human can choose both what features are included and also how they appear symbolically. With a photo, what appears is the actual landscape itself rather than symbols depicting it. Having said that, they do often combine maps with aerial photos. They "overlay" or "drape" aerial photos on maps, like on Google Maps when you click to terrain view etc.
@@robertthornett Thank you for responding and thank you for the video it is very well done. So would you say the map is the information OVERLAYED on the picture in this specific case (aerial shot of my street)? Additionally, do you have your own definition of the word map that you use?
Amazing information. Much appreciated. :)
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Sir,I am a undergraduate department of geography at University of Ruhuna In Sri Lanka. I want to learn cartography. I want to know what should be learn course contents for the cartographer. I request kindly reply me
Hi thanks one thing to definitely learn about his map projections, the different types and what situations to use them. I will male another video about projections. Also data sources, like what are the different kinds of data that cartographers use to make maps (government census data, data from field collection, etc.) And the principles of map design, so the map looks good and is easy to read. With GIS, there is a whole set of spatial analysis tools (like functions you run on the data) in the software. The main software is ESRI ArcMap, it has lots of functions in it. If you can understand the idea of the statistics behind these functions, it allows you to use them well.
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Question: are there any maps that have true north?
You mean where the longitudes all converge together at true north on the map like they do in the real world right? A planar/azimuthal map will show all the longitudes converging at the pole.
@@robertthornett great thank you. Do you have any studies or videos on that? I just subscribed.
I don't but you could look for videos on map projections and geodesy@@farmerfox3332
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Thank you! What city are you in?
@robertthornett " Sialkot "in Punjab(province)
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Thank-you for the video. It is full of great information.
Thanks, and thanks for watching!