A lavishly illustrated reference guide, Cartography by Kenneth Field is an inspiring and creative companion along the nonlinear journey tpward designing a great map. This compendium forcontemporary mapmaking disstills the essence of cartography into useful topics, organized for conveniece in finding the specific method or subject yo need. Unlike books targeted toward deep scholary discourse of…
Is a stunning visual compendium exploring the intersection of cartography and design, and revealing the projective potential-and beatuty-of cartographic representation. The ascenance of data visualization and mapping in design culture has changed the way architect, landscape architecets,and urban planners communicate ideas about buldings and landscapes. Traditional cartgraphiy,however,as a mean…
This book aims at the theory of spatial similarity relations and application in automated map generalization, including the definitions, classification and features of s[atial similaryity relations. Included also are calculation models of spatial similarity relations between arbitrary individual objects and between arbitrary object groups, and the applications of the theory in the automation o…