Cartography and spatial data analysis

Teacher(s)

Meyfroidt Patrick; Thomas Isabelle;

Language

French

Main themes

This is an introductory course to quantitative analysis and modelling techniques in geography. It is split into two distinct parts: - the first part insists on the statistical aspects : statistical description, univariate analysis, introduction to regression and classification, spatial statistics, etc. - the second part concerns cartographic techniques: semiology, thematic mapping, statistical maps, etc.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Perform elementary statistical analyses on real data bases; Produce satisfactory cartographic documents; Use cartographic and statistical softwares.

Bibliography

Beguin, Michèle, et Pumain, Denise (2017) La représentation des données géographiques. 4 ème édition. Paris : Armand Colin.

Teaching materials

• matériel sur moodle

Faculty or entity

GEOG