Borrow Listen. Want to Read. Delete Note Save Note. Download for print-disabled. Check nearby libraries Library. Share this book Facebook. August 14, History. An edition of Elements of cartography This edition was published in by Wiley in New York.
Written in English — pages. Subjects Cartography. Elements of cartography , Wiley. Libraries near you: WorldCat. The authors present the transformations necessary to the production — using a scientific approach — of any thematic map.
Four stages are detailed: from geographic entities to cartographic objects; the [XY] transformation; the [XYZ] cartographic transformations; and the semiotic transformation. Technical aspects giving map-reading keys are also included. Cartography Author : Matthew H. As the current director of the project that has produced these volumes, Matthew H.
In this book Edney disavows the term cartography, rejecting the notion that maps represent an undifferentiated category of objects for study. Rather than treating maps as a single, unified group, he argues, scholars need to take a processual approach that examines specific types of maps—sea charts versus thematic maps, for example—in the context of the unique circumstances of their production, circulation, and consumption.
To illuminate this bold argument, Edney chronicles precisely how the ideal of cartography that has developed in the West since has gone astray.
By exposing the flaws in this ideal, his book challenges everyone who studies maps and mapping practices to reexamine their approach to the topic. The study of cartography will never be the same. It covers most aspects of auto- stereoscopic representation techniques of both topographic and thematic geodata, be they haptic or not.
Theory is treated as well as are many fields of concrete applications. Displays for big audiences and special single-user applications are presented, well-established technologies like classical manual fabrication of landscape reliefs contrast with cutting-edge developments. Divided into five parts - the first part reviews the development and application of GIS, followed by a summary of the characteristics and representation of geographical information.
The editors would like to acknowledge the work of Manuela Schmidt and Felix Ortag, who undertook the task of the design and layout of the chapters. Introducing the ideal of cartography -- Seeing, and seeing past, the ideal -- Cartography's idealized preconceptions -- The ideal of cartography emerges -- Map scale and cartography's idealized geometry -- Not cartography, but mapping.
As corroborated by the never-sagging and even increasing interest within the last decade, the intuitive attraction of "True 3D" in geodata presentation is well worth covering its current status and recent developments in a compendium like the present one. It covers most aspects of auto- stereoscopic representation techniques of both topographic and thematic geodata, be they haptic or not.
Theory is treated as well as are many fields of concrete applications. Displays for big audiences and special single-user applications are presented, well-established technologies like classical manual fabrication of landscape reliefs contrast with cutting-edge developments. A concise text presenting the fundamental concepts in Geographical Information Systems GIS , emphasising an understanding of techniques in management, analysis and graphic display of spatial information.
Divided into five parts - the first part reviews the development and application of GIS, followed by a summary of the characteristics and representation of geographical information. It concludes with an overview of the functions provided by typical GIS systems. Part Two introduces co-ordinate systems and map projections, describes methods for digitising map data and gives an overview of remote sensing.
Part Three deals with data storage and database management, as well as specialised techniques for accessing spatial data. Spatial modelling and analytical techniques for decision making form the subject of Part Four, while the final part is concerned with graphical representation, emphasising issues of graphics technology, cartographic design and map generalisation. This book explores the power of the map in fiction and its centrality to meaning, from Treasure Island to Winnie-the-Pooh.
This comprehensive book bridges the evolution in cartography by presenting both traditional methods and recently developed cartographic techniques. KEY TOPICS It provides a compendium of methods for symbolizing and visualizing spatial data, from the traditional methods that presume a communication model to computer-based techniques that provide a means of data visualization.
For anyone interested in designing maps in the realm of GIS. The contributors—Svetlana Alpers, Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr. Welu, and David Woodward—examine the historical links between art and cartography from varied perspectives. Now updated with a new section on map interpretation, "Map Use" provides students with the knowledge and skills to read and understand maps, and offers professional cartographers a thorough reference resource.
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