Tips for the Written Midterm Assessment F26

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The midterm will be in class. You will not have access to any devices. Phones and laptops and smart watches should be put away. I will provide paper.

The format will be short answer (short paragraph, a few sentences). You will have a choice of topics.

Sample questions:

What are some technical features of a web-based, digital map?
Why is a Mercator map not a reflection of reality?
What are some things you can do with a Github Pages site?
What are parameters for making a map in the leaflet package?
What kinds of features are included in a Geonames datadump for a given country? What is not included?
What is GIS?
What do you think that mapping can tell us most about the world we live in?
How might we say that maps “lie”?
What is a spatial humanities project that attempts to show some aspect of data about human life or the human record using interactive maps? Describe what aspects it demonstrates.
All mapping might be said to work on the basic idea of assigning a location with some form of information. What problems can arrive with this?
What did you learn about the country you mapped in Assignment 1?
Does the country you worked on in A1 have a Geonames coordinator or team? How might the data be different if it did?
What are some ways maps can be used for social justice (Krupar, or other readings)?
What was your favorite point made by Kitchin & Lauriault in “Towards Critical AI Studies”?
What kinds of data can Ross Goodwin’s car in 1 the Road be said to have created?