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Cartographie thématique (Coursera)

Offered by École normale supérieure,
Cartographie thématique (Coursera)

Apprendre à réaliser des cartes ? C’est ce que propose ce cours grâce à des vidéos, des exercices, un forum. A la fin de la formation, vous maîtriserez les principes de la sémiologie graphique, et vous saurez les mettre en œuvre pour construire des cartes thématiques simples et de qualité. Ces cartes personnelles donneront de la force à vos rapports, synthèses, articles, mémoires universitaires, sites web...

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Les participants seront guidés pas à pas pour dessiner un fond de carte, construire des cartes statistiques, avec des figurés proportionnels, des gammes de couleurs… De multiples exercices seront proposés : quizz, QCM, entraînements sur les logiciels. Deux logiciels libres seront utilisés : Inkscape, un logiciel de dessin vectoriel, et Philcarto, un logiciel de cartographie automatique.
Ce MOOC est aussi une invitation au voyage : de nombreux exemples à toutes les échelles et de toutes les régions du monde seront présentés.

Syllabus

WEEK 1: Introduction
WEEK 2: Les bases de la sémiologie graphique
WEEK 3: Le fond de carte
WEEK 4: Représenter une information quantitative
WEEK 5: Représenter une information ordonnée
WEEK 6: Représenter une information qualitative
WEEK 7: La légende et l'habillage de la carte
WEEK 8: Evaluations de la carte par les pairs

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