Web Cartography (UniSA)

Undergraduate | 2026

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Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
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EART 1017
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Course ID
205918
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Mawson Lakes
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Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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School of Phys, Chem and E Sci
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Course level
1
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No
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No

Course overview

This course is designed for students to enhance their acquired knowledge to communicate geospatial information effectively and efficiently through a web browser. Students will gain skills in internet map creation, cartographic web map design, and communication with online maps. This course is organized around active-learning projects. Course content includes:

Web development and design as a means of cartographic delivery and communication.

System architectures for web maps

Web map elements

Design theory for web maps

Thematic layers (data overlays)

Interaction concepts - Human-Map Interactivity

Web map projections

Mobile GIS

3D Web maps

Web map production (APIs, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript web map libraries)

Web-based spatial analysis

Evaluation of web maps' usability

Course learning outcomes

  • Evaluate cartographic design principles of interactive web maps and mapping applications.
  • Create effective and readable interactive web maps and mapping applications.
  • Manipulate distributed geographic data, communicate the process in a written and digital format and then critically reflect upon the process to further professional development.

Prerequisite(s)

  • must have completed EART2016 Spatial Data Acquisition and Analysis (UniSA)

Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed GEOE3019 Web Cartography at the University of South Australia

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