Why North is up map conventions and where they came from
Many people have a love of maps. But what lies behind the process of map-making? How have cartographers through the centuries developed their craft and established a language of maps which helps them to better represent our world and users to understand it? This book tells the story of how widely ac...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Bodleian Library
2019
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| Edición: | First published in 2019 |
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991005705489708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- North : this way up
- Latitude & longitude : location, location, location
- Map projections : distorting the earth
- Grids : squaring up
- Scale : size matters
- Legends : what does it all mean?
- Ornament : art meets science
- Map symbols : conventional signs
- Point symbols : X marks the spot
- Line symbols : keeping on track
- Area symbols : what's the difference?
- Colour : deep blue sea?
- Generalization : fake maps?
- Spot heights & soundings : on the dot
- Hachures : sloping off
- Contours & isboaths : on the level
- Layer colours : rose-tinted
- Hill shading : out of the shadows
- Place names : putting a name to it
- Boundaries : drawing the line
- Topography : keep it clear
- Qualitative thematic maps : what do we have here?
- Quantitative thematic maps : how many are there?
- Geological maps : what lies beneath
- Hydrographic charts : bon voyage
- Military maps : friend or foe?
- Global mapping : let's stick together
- Different perspectives : picture this
- Digital & online mapping : in our hands
- Interactive maps & democratization : MIY-map it yourself
