How maps work : representation, visualization, and design

書誌事項

How maps work : representation, visualization, and design

Alan M. MacEachren

Guilford Press, c1995

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-490) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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".

目次

Contents 1. Taking a Scientfic Approach to Improving Map Representation and Design I. How Meaning Is Derived from Maps 2. An Information-Processing View of Vision and Visual Cognition 3. How Maps Are Seen 4. How Maps Are Understood: Visual Array Visual Description Knowledge Schemata Cognitive Representation II. How Maps Are Imbued with Meaning 5. A Primer on Semiotics for Understanding Map Representation 6. A Functional Approach to Map Representation: The Semantics and Syntactics of Map Signs 7. A Lexical Approach to Map Representation: Map Pragmatics III. How Maps Are Used: Applications in Geographic Thinking 8. GVIS: Facilitating Visual Thinking 9. GVIS: Relationships in Space and Time 10. GVIS: Should We Believe What We See? Postscript

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA25818232
  • ISBN
    • 0898625890
  • LCCN
    94031138
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiii, 513 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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