How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization, and Design

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.


Author: Alan M. MacEachren
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Published: 06/01/2004
Pages: 513
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.88lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.36w x 1.27d
ISBN13: 9781572300408
ISBN10: 157230040X
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Cartography
- Science | Earth Sciences | Geography
- Computers | Database Administration & Management

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.

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