Screen LibraryCartographics : designing the modern map.
We rely on maps everywhere in our daily lives, and their uses are constantly evolving in our rapidly changing world. Cartographics: Designing the Modern Map is a collection of maps that tread off the beaten path of mapmaking and redefine exactly what a map can do. Two sections, "Mapping the Phy...
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Sendpoints,
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| Publisher Address: | Hong Kong : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
We rely on maps everywhere in our daily lives, and their uses are constantly evolving in our rapidly changing world. Cartographics: Designing the Modern Map is a collection of maps that tread off the beaten path of mapmaking and redefine exactly what a map can do. Two sections, "Mapping the Physical Environment" and "Mapping Human Activity," feature maps that depict a wide variety of themes; some incorporate strategies from infographics, such as one that uses abstract depictions of public transportation lines to display riders' travel patterns as well as physical features, while others use t |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 255 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 31 cm |
| ISBN: |
9789881470331 9881470331 |
| Index Number: | GA105 |
| CLC: | P28 |
| Call Number: | P28/C328-1 |
| Contents: | Preface / Jasmine Desclaux-Salachas -- Mapping the physical environment -- Mapping human activity. |