How Maps Work : Representation, Visualization, and Design

Maceachren, Alan M.

ISBN 10: 157230040X / ISBN 13: 9781572300408

Published by The Guilford Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Maps Work : Representation, Visualization, and Design
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157230040X
• ISBN 13: 9781572300408
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Alan M. MacEachren is currently Professor of Geography and Director of the GeoVISTA Center at The Pennsylvania State University. In addition to researching cognitive and semiotic aspects of how maps work, he is active in the development of interactive systems for geographic visualization and in understanding and enabling group work with geospatial information and technologies. He is the author of Some Truth with Maps and coeditor of Visualization in Modern Cartography.