Mobility program for Brazilian students
(available for incoming Erasmus students in cartography)

Title

Lecturer

Credits

Alternative methods in thematic cartography

Jesus Reyes

4


Milestones in the history of the thematic cartography and data representation
Cartograms 1: history, definitions, types
Cartograms 2: results of newest research
Cartograms 3: free software for their making
Chernoff faces 1: history, principle, types
Chernoff faces 2: results of newest research
Chernoff faces 3: The use of the Chernoff principle in school cartography
The use of sound in cartography 1: experiments on thematic maps, use on multimedia maps.
The use of sound in cartography 2: maps and atlases for blind and visually impaired people
The use of sound in cartography 3: Examples from the Web and applications
Map-based geovisualization: actual research and applications
`Non map-based´ geovisualization: antecedents, actual solutions and applications

Cybercartography: Newest thematic solutions pre-determined by the actual research projects