Abstract
A general framework for the study of maps and map use. Ten chapters examine the nature of maps in detail, with main themes being: a scientific approach to map representation and design; information processing and visual cognition; eye-brain, and perceptual issues; knowledge structures, cognition, and mental schema; semiotics and signs; semantics and syntactics of map design; a lexical approach to map representation; geographic visualisation, 2D, 3D, time; space and time; "truth' and map perception. -after Author
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | How maps work |
Subtitle of host publication | representation, visualization and design |
Publisher | Guilford Press, NY, distributed by Longman outside N. America |
ISBN (Print) | 0898625890, 9780898625899 |
State | Published - Jan 1 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences