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1 Maps and sustainability The International Map Year [ mapyear.org ] Menno-Jan Kraak Maps Cartography and maps A map is a visual representation of an environment maps tell stories maps invite maps show patterns maps reveal relationships maps explain maps provide overview maps offer insight Maps that matter should arouse interest, be instantly understandable, and be relevant to society CARTOGRAPHY art science technology making using MAPS Tools Process

2 About Cartography (tools) About Cartography (tools) data Many correct design options invariant map title legend components MEASUREMENT LEVEL PERCEPTUAL PROPERTIES VISUAL VARIABLES LENGTH RANGE nominal size (qualitative) differentiation value order texture ordered distance color interval proportion orientation ratio shape (quantitative) Bertin s Data Analysis BASIC SYMBOLS point line area text M A P geo About Cartography (tools) About Cartography (process) update coastline Internet, Displays, Mobile make Professionals & Crowd

3 About Cartography (process) ICA Instruments Everyone A B use a to b = 50km Journal Website (blogs, facebook, twitter) Publications (book series, columns, interviews) Conferences Scholarships Capacity development (courses) Research agenda External contacts ICSU (GeoUnions) JBGIS Partner UN-GGIM (via IMY & JBGIS) Geo for all / OSGeo ICA s International Map Year How can maps be relevant for the global goals? How can maps be relevant for the global goals?

4 Example: Goal 4 Education Goal 4: Education - Sample Targets Goals Targets Indicators By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes 4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education 4.3 By 2030, ensure Technical%20report%20of%20the%20UNSC%20Bureau%20(final).pdf Goal 4: Education - Sample Indicators Goal 4: Education - Getting the data 4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes Target 4.1 Indicator Feasibility Suitability Relevance Indicator Percentage of children who achieve minimum proficiency standards in reading and mathematics at end of: (i) primary (ii) lower secondary [BAA] easy doable difficult support consider no supp very some not Indicator Completion rate (primary, lower secondary, upper secondary) [AAA] 4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education Indicator Early Childhood Development Index [BBB] Indicator Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) [BAB]

5 Ubiquitous Mapping Cognitive Issues in GeoInfoVis Atlases Art and Cartography Marine Cartography GI for Sustainability Topographic Mapping Visual Analytics Planetary Cartography Map Design Mountain Cartography Goal 4: Education - Analyzing the data ICA and its Commissions and Working Groups % minimum proficiency Completion rate levels of education Early Childhood Development Index Participation rate in organized learning Enrollment ratios by level and type Participation rate among years % of computer and information literate Parity indices (female/male, urban/rural,. % of proficient Youth/adult literacy rate Nominal Interval Ordinal Ratio Open Source Geospatial Technology Planetary Cartography SDI & Standards Sensor-driven Mapping Marine Cartography Mountain Cartography Topographic Mapping Toponomy Maps and the Internet Ubiquitous Mapping Ubiquitous Mapping Maps & Graphics for Blind Use, User and Usability Issues Visual Analytics Map Projections Map Production & Geoinfo Management Art and Cartography Map Design Atlases Cartographic Heritage into the digital Cartography and Children Early Warning and Crisis Management Cognitive Issues in GeoInfoVis Education and Training Generalization & Multiple Reprs Geospatial Analysis & Modelling History of Cartography Location Based Services GI for Sustainability % of 13yrs promoting governance % of 15yrs proficiency of environmental science and geoscience ICA and its Commissions and Working Groups Commissions and Goals Use, User and Usability Issues Sensor-driven Mapping Topographic Mapping Mountain Cartography Open Source Geospatial Technology Planetary Cartography Maps and the Internet Cartographic Heritage into the digital Education and Training Education and Training Geospatial Analysis & Modelling History of Cartography Map Production & Geoinfo Management SDI & Standards Maps & Graphics for Blind Map Projections Early Warning and Crisis Management Cartography and Children Generalization & Multiple Reprs Location Based Services Visual Analytics Use, User and Usability Issues Open Source Geospatial Technology Toponomy Map Design Art and Cartography Cartography and Children Generalization & Multiple Reprs Geospatial Analysis & Modelling Cognitive Issues in GeoInfoVis Location Based Services Map Production & Geoinfo Management GI for Sustainability Map Projections SDI & Standards

6 Commissions and Goals Topographic Mapping Geospatial Analysis & Modelling Generalization & Multiple Reprs Cartography and Children Art and Cartography Visual Analytics Cognitive Issues in GeoInfoVis Use, User and Usability Issues Location Based Services Open Source Geospatial Technology GI for Sustainability Map Production & Geoinfo Management Mountain Cartography Map Design Map Projections Planetary Cartography SDI & Standards TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM Target Indicator Story Take home message Commission Perspective Poster Structure Draft Posters Maps matter because... combine spatial statistics with visualization the choice of a map projections matters

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