Elements of Cartography: Serving the Community through Cartography

In this geography service-learning course (GEOG 5200S) students partner with the Columbus Metropolitan Library on a mapping project in the library’s Homework Help Centers (HHCs). The course allow students to learn the art, craft and science of creating maps while at the same time helping children in the HHCs learn more about cartography. Throughout spring semester, students in the class work once a week in about a dozen library locations across the city. They help elementary and middle school children with homework and develop a mapping project to close out the semester.