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

MacEachren, Alan M.

 
9781572300408: How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization, and Design
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 157230040X ISBN 13 : 9781572300408
Editeur : Guilford Publications, 2004

Synopsis

Now available in paperback for the first time, this classic work presents a cognitive-semiotic framework for understanding how maps work as powerful, abstract, and synthetic spatial representations. Explored are the ways in which the many representational choices inherent in mapping interact with information processing and knowledge construction, and how the resulting insights can be used to make informed symbolization and design decisions. A new preface to the paperback edition situates the book within the context of contemporary technologies. As the nature of maps continues to evolve, Alan MacEachren emphasizes the ongoing need to think systematically about the ways people interact with and use spatial information.

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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 Some Truth with Maps and coeditor of Visualization in Modern Cartography.

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Éditeur
Guilford Publications
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
157230040X
ISBN 13 
9781572300408
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
513
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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