How Maps Work
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How Maps Work
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Author : Alan MacEachren
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-12
How Maps Work written by Alan MacEachren and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-12 with categories.
How Maps Work
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Author : Alan M. MacEachren
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1995
How Maps Work written by Alan M. MacEachren and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Science categories.
This is an integration of cognitive and semiotic approaches to provide an understanding of maps and their applications for geographical visualization. Exploring the question of spatial representation of different kinds, at multiple levels and from various approaches, the book provides a key insight into how maps work, which can then be applied for improved map design.
How Maps Work
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Author : Alan M. MacEachren
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2004-06-21
How Maps Work written by Alan M. MacEachren and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-21 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
The Power Of Maps
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Author : Denis Wood
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 1992-01-01
The Power Of Maps written by Denis Wood and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with Social Science categories.
This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead--through the mapmaker's bias. Denis Wood shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. Like paintings, they express a point of view. By connecting us to a reality that could not exist in the absence of maps--a world of property lines and voting rights, taxation districts and enterprise zones--they embody and project the interests of their creators. Sampling the scope of maps available today, illustrations include Peter Gould's AIDS map, Tom Van Sant's map of the earth, U.S. Geological Survey maps, and a child's drawing of the world. THE POWER OF MAPS was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design.
Rethinking The Power Of Maps
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Author : Denis Wood
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2010-04-16
Rethinking The Power Of Maps written by Denis Wood and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-16 with Social Science categories.
A contemporary follow-up to the groundbreaking Power of Maps, this book takes a fresh look at what maps do, whose interests they serve, and how they can be used in surprising, creative, and radical ways. Denis Wood describes how cartography facilitated the rise of the modern state and how maps continue to embody and project the interests of their creators. He demystifies the hidden assumptions of mapmaking and explores the promises and limitations of diverse counter-mapping practices today. Thought-provoking illustrations include U.S. Geological Survey maps; electoral and transportation maps; and numerous examples of critical cartography, participatory GIS, and map art.
Map Work
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Author : Thea Schoeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Map Work written by Thea Schoeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Cartography categories.
Maps are part of daily life-from finding your way via google maps to monitoring the sustainable development goals. Maps are frequently used to convey important information and relationships. In today's modern world, maps are more diverse and accessible than ever before and mapwork is becoming an important skill to function effectively in society. There can be no geography without maps, and knowledge, skills and competency acquired in map work facilitate effective learning of other aspects of geography.
Working With Map Projections
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Author : Fritz Kessler
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2019-05-03
Working With Map Projections written by Fritz Kessler and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-03 with Science categories.
A map projection fundamentally impacts the mapmaking process. Working with Map Projections: A Guide to Their Selection explains why, for any given map, there isn’t a single "best" map projection. Selecting a projection is a matter of understanding the compromises and consequences of showing a 3-D space in two dimensions. The book presents a clear understanding of the processes necessary to make logical decisions on selecting an appropriate map projection for a given data set. The authors discuss the logic needed in the selection process, describe why certain decisions should be made, and explain the consequences of any inappropriate decision made during the selection process. This book also explains how the map projection will impact the map’s ability to fulfill its purpose, uses real-world data sets as the basis for the selection of an appropriate map projection, and provides illustrations of an appropriately and inappropriately selected map projection for a given data set. The authors take a novel approach to discussing map projections by avoiding an extensive inventory of mathematical formulae and using only the mathematics of map projections that matter for many mapping tasks. They also present information that is directly applicable to the process of selecting map projections and not tied to a specific software package. Written by two leading experts, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone studying or working with geospatial data, from students to experienced professionals, and will help readers successfully weigh the pros and cons of choosing one projection over another to suit a map’s intended purpose.
The Cognitive Life Of Maps
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Author : Roberto Casati
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2024-05-14
The Cognitive Life Of Maps written by Roberto Casati and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with Science categories.
The “mapness of maps”—how maps live in interaction with their users, and what this tells us about what they are and how they work. In a sense, maps are temporarily alive for those who design, draw, and use them. They have, for the moment, a cognitive life. To grapple with what this means—to ask how maps can be alive, and what kind of life they have—is to explore the core question of what maps are. And this is what Roberto Casati does in The Cognitive Life of Maps, in the process assembling the conceptual tools for understanding why maps have the power they have, why they are so widely used, and how we use (and misuse) them. Drawing on insights from cognitive science and philosophy of mind, Casati considers the main claims around what maps are and how they work—their specific syntax, peculiar semantics, and pragmatics. He proposes a series of steps that can lead to a precise theory of maps, one that reveals what maps have in common with diagrams, pictures, and texts, and what makes them different. This minimal theory of maps helps us to see maps nested in many cognitive artifacts—clock faces, musical notation, writing, calendars, and numerical series, for instance. It also allows us to tackle the issue of the territorialization of maps—to show how maps can be used to draw specific spatial inferences about territories. From the mechanics of maps used for navigation to the differences and similarities between maps and pictures and models, Casati's ambitious work is a cognitive map in its own right, charting the way to a new understanding of what maps mean.
Map Work
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Author : Vernon Seymour Bryant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1918
Map Work written by Vernon Seymour Bryant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1918 with Cartography categories.
Using Historical Maps In Scientific Studies
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Author : Yao-Yi Chiang
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-11-26
Using Historical Maps In Scientific Studies written by Yao-Yi Chiang and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-26 with Science categories.
This book illustrates the first connection between the map user community and the developers of digital map processing technologies by providing several applications, challenges, and best practices in working with historical maps. After the introduction chapter, in this book, Chapter 2 presents a variety of existing applications of historical maps to demonstrate varying needs for processing historical maps in scientific studies (e.g., thousands of historical maps from a map series vs. a few historical maps from various publishers and with different cartographic styles). Chapter 2 also describes case studies introducing typical types of semi-automatic and automatic digital map processing technologies. The case studies showcase the strengths and weaknesses of semi-automatic and automatic approaches by testing them in a symbol recognition task on the same scanned map. Chapter 3 presents the technical challenges and trends in building a map processing, modeling, linking, and publishing framework. The framework will enable querying historical map collections as a unified and structured spatiotemporal source in which individual geographic phenomena (extracted from maps) are modeled (described) with semantic descriptions and linked to other data sources (e.g., DBpedia, a structured version of Wikipedia). Chapter 4 dives into the recent advancement in deep learning technologies and their applications on digital map processing. The chapter reviews existing deep learning models for their capabilities on geographic feature extraction from historical maps and compares different types of training strategies. A comprehensive experiment is described to compare different models and their performance. Historical maps are fascinating to look at and contain valuable retrospective place information difficult to find elsewhere. However, the full potential of historical maps has not been realized because the users of scanned historical maps and the developers of digital map processing technologies are from a wide range of disciplines and often work in silos. Each chapter in this book can be read individually, but the order of chapters in this book helps the reader to first understand the “product requirements” of a successful digital map processing system, then review the existing challenges and technologies, and finally follow the more recent trend of deep learning applications for processing historical maps. The primary audience for this book includes scientists and researchers whose work requires long-term historical geographic data as well as librarians. The secondary audience includes anyone who loves maps!