How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization, and Design - Rilegato

MacEachren, Alan M.

 
9780898625899: How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization, and Design
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ISBN 10: 0898625890 ISBN 13: 9780898625899
Casa editrice: Guilford Press, 1995

Sinossi

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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Informazioni sull?autore

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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Editore
Guilford Press
Data di pubblicazione
1995
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0898625890
ISBN 13 
9780898625899
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
513
Contatto del produttore
The Guilford Press
https://guilford.com

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New York
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U.S.A.
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