How maps work : representation, visualization, and design / Alan M. MacEachren.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : The Guilford Press, 2004Description: xiii, 513 páginas : ilustraciones, mapas (en blanco y negro) ; 24 cmContent type:- texto
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- 9781572300408
- GA105.3 M32 2004
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1. Taking a scientfic approach to improving map representation and design -- I. How meaning is derived from maps -- 2. An information-processing view of vision and visual cognition -- 3. How maps are seen -- 4. How maps are understood: visual array visual description knowledge schemata cognitive representation -- II. How maps are imbued with meaning -- 5. A primer on semiotics for understanding map representation -- 6. A functional approach to map representation: The semantics and syntactics of map signs -- 7. A lexical approach to map representation: map pragmatics -- III. How maps are used: Applications in geographic thinking -- 8. GVIS: Facilitating visual thinking -- 9. GVIS: relationships in space and time -- 10. GVIS: Should we believe what we see? postscript.
Especialidad en vizualización de datos.
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