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Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS
A concise, down-to-earth guide to creating maps using GIS, this book is visually engaging, clear, and compelling–exactly how an effective map should be. Featuring over 300 maps and other figures,
Continue readingMap Projections: Theory and Applications
About the Author: Frederick Pearson has extensive experience in teaching map projection at the Air Force Cartography School and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He developed star charts, satellite trajectory
Continue readingThe Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation
WINNER OF THE CANTEMIR PRIZE 2012 awarded by the Berendel Foundation The Map Reader brings together, for the first time, classic and hard-to-find articles on mapping. This book provides a wide-ranging
Continue readingSemiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps
Originally published in French in 1967, Semiology of Graphics holds a significant place in the theory of information design. Founded on Jacques Bertin’s practical experience as a cartographer, Part One
Continue readingMaps and Diagrams: Their Compilation and Construction (University Paperbacks)
‘Maps are drawn by men and not turned out automatically,’ wrote the eminent American geographer, J. K. Wright, in his delightful essay ‘Map Makers are Human’. But proficiency in
Continue readingMapping Global Cities: GIS Methods in Urban Analysis
Arguing that intelligent urban policymaking requires both a spatial and an analytical understanding of how cities are organized, this examination of how residential patterns are shaped by population and
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