Cartography Teaching and GIS
Software Development in
Nanjing University
MA Jingsong
Dept. of Geographic Information Science
School of Geographic & Oceanographic Sciences
Nanjing University
Nov. 11th, 2013
Topics
• In Nanjing University
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Cartography course teaching
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GIS software developments
Cartography course teaching in NJU
• Cartography course for graduate students
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Textbooks
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Assignments
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Teaching materials & resources
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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, WilleyBlackwell
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
1. 2003-2004, Digital watermark embedding and detection system for Geospatial
Data, for the Bureau of GeoInformatics and Surveying, Jiangsu province.
2. 2005-2007, Digital South China Sea, for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
3. 2010-2011, Differential GPS for mobile devices, for the Bureau of
Transportation, Jiangsu province.
4. 2012-2014, Hydrology Modeling and River Network Flow Simulation, for the
Bureau of Water Resource, Jiangsu Province.
5. 2011-2014, 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 )
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Bureau of GeInformatics and Surveying, Jiangsu province
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Purpose:
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Develop digital watermark embedding algorithms for ArcGIS files
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Protect copyrights of geospatial data producers in China
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Not degrade the quality of the geospatial data
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Not be detected or destroyed by users' operations
GIS software developments in NJU
2. The Digital South China Sea (2005 - 2007)
– 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
– GIS client system using OpenGL for 3D and GDI+ for 2D display
GIS software developments in NJU
3. Differential GPS for mobile devices, (2010 - 2011)
– 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,
( 2012 - 2014 )
– 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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