How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization, and Design - Couverture rigide

MacEachren, Alan M.

 
9780898625899: How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization, and Design
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0898625890 ISBN 13 : 9780898625899
Editeur : Guilford Publications, 1995

Synopsis

This book is the first systematic integration of cognitive and semiotic approaches to understanding maps as powerful, abstract, and synthetic spatial representations. Presenting a perspective built on four decades of cartographic research, it explores how maps work at multiple levels--from the cognitive to the societal--and provides a cohesive picture of how the many representational choices inherent in mapping interact with the processing of information and construction of knowledge. «MDUL»«MDNM»Utilizing this complex perspective, the author shows how the insights derived from a better understanding of maps can be used in future map design. Although computers now provide the graphic tools to produce maps of similar or better quality than previous manual techniques, they seldom incorporate the conceptual tools needed to make informed symbolization and design decisions. The search for these conceptual tools is the basis for «MDUL»How Maps Work«MDNM».

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À propos de l?auteur

Alan M. MacEachren is currently Professor of Geography and Director of the GeoVISTA Center at The Pennsylvania State University. In addition to researching cognitive and semiotic aspects of how maps work, he is active in the development of interactive systems for geographic visualization and in understanding and enabling group work with geospatial information and technologies. He is the author of [i]Some Truth with Maps[/i] and coeditor of [i]Visualization in Modern Cartography[/i].

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Éditeur
Guilford Publications
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0898625890
ISBN 13 
9780898625899
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
513
Coordonnées du fabricant
The Guilford Press
https://guilford.com

370 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1200
New York
NY
10001
Etats-Unis
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  157230040X ISBN 13 :  9781572300408
Editeur : Guilford Publications, 2004
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