Cartography : thematic map design /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston:
WCB/McGraw-Hill,
1999
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| Edition: | 5th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. Thematic mapping essentials: 1. Introduction to thematic mapping 2. The round earth to flat map: map projections for designers 3. Employment of projections and thematic base-map compilation 4. The nature of geographic phenomena and the selection of thematic map symbols 5. Processing geographic data: common measures useful in thematic mapping 6. Geographic information systems
- Part II. Techniques of quantitative thematic mapping: 7. Mapping enumeration and other areally aggregated data: the choropleth map 8. Mapping point phenomena: the common dot map 9. From point to point: the proportional symbol map 10. Mapping geographical volumes: the isarithmic map 11. The cartogram: value - by - Area mapping 12. Dynamic representation: the design of flow maps
- Part III. Designing thematic maps: 13. The map design process and the elements of map composition 14. Making the map readable: the intelligent use of typographics 15. Principles for color thematic maps
- Part IV. Electronic map production: 16. Printing fundamentals and prepress operations for the cartographer 17. Digital map compilation and desktop mapping
- Part V. Effective graphing for cartographers
- Appendixes
- Index