Practical Handbook of Thematic Cartography Principles, Methods, and Applications

✍ Scribed by Christine Zanin; Nicolas Lambert

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Maps are tools used to understand space, discover territories, communicate information, and explain the results of geographical analysis. This practical handbook is about thematic cartography. With more than 120 colorful amazing illustrations, numerous boxed texts, definitions, and helpful tools, this step-by-step introduction to cartography is both the art of understanding the world and a powerful tool for explaining it. Through many hands-on tests, the reader will learn how to produce an interesting and communicative map applied to any spatial theme.

Written by experienced scholars and experts in cartography, this book is an excellent resource for undergraduate students and non-cartographers interested in designing, understanding, and interpreting maps. It includes practical exercises explained in the form of a game and provides a concise, accessible, and current address of cartographic principles, allowing readers to go deeper into cartographic design. It can be read from beginning to end like an essay or just by dipping into it for information as needed.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Authors
General Introduction
Part 1 Geographical Information
1 Geometrical Data
1.1 Geographic Objects
1.2 Projections
1.2.1 Finding a Localization on the Surface of the Earth
1.2.2 From Ellipsoid to Flat Surface
1.3 Spatial Extent and Orientation
1.4 Cartographic Generalization
1.5 The Spatial Subdivisions
2 Statistical Data
2.1 Data Tables
2.2 Data Types
2.2.1 Statistical Data Expresses Either a Quality or a Quantity
2.3 Data Processing
2.3.1 Summarizing
2.3.1.1 Position Parameters
2.3.1.2 Dispersion Parameters
2.3.2 Analyzing
2.3.2.1 The Distribution Diagram
2.3.2.2 Comparing Central Values
2.3.3 Determining Class Intervals
2.3.3.1 Classicfiation Methods
2.4 Can Data Be Trusted?
Conclusion: Designing Maps
Part 2 Cartographical Language
3 Differential/Associative Visual Variables
3.1 Color (Hue)
3.1.1 HSL Coding
3.1.2 RGB Coding
3.1.3 CMYK Coding
3.1.4 Choosing the Right Colorimetric Mode
3.1.5 Harmony and Perception of Colors
3.1.6 The Symbolic and Cultural Dimensions of Color
3.1.7 Colors Give Meaning to Maps
3.2 Texture/Structure (without Hierarchy)
3.3 Orientation
3.4 Shape
4 Ordered Visual Variables
4.1 Size (Order)
4.2 The Value and Intensity of Color
4.3 Ordered Colors
4.4 Grain
4.5 Texture/Structure (Order)
5 The Visual Variables Expressing Proportionality
5.1 Size (Proportionality)
5.2 Varying Height and Volume
5.3 Other Approaches: “Bertin’s” Dots and Dot Density Maps
6 Solutions in Statistical Mapping
6.1 Mapping Time
6.2 Mapping for Comparison
6.3 Mapping a Relationship
6.4 Mapping Typologies
6.5 Multivariate Mapping
6.5.1 Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (AHC) Analysis
6.5.2 Factor Analyses
Conclusion: Combining Visual Variables
Part 3 Beyond the Visual Variables
7 Other Cartographic Presentations
7.1 Regular Grid Maps
7.2 Discontinuities
7.3 Smoothing
7.4 Cartograms (or Anamorphosis)
7.5 Flow Maps
8 Staging
8.1 “Dressing” the Geographical Image
8.1.1 Title
8.1.2 Legend
8.1.3 Scale
8.1.4 Sources
8.1.5 Dates
8.1.6 Orientation
8.1.7 Place Names
8.1.8 Insets
8.1.9 Supplemental Text
8.1.10 Any Other Relevant Elements
8.2 Layout and Staging
8.3 Designing a Poster or a Cartographic Composition
9 Variations on a Theme
9.1 What is GDP?
9.2 How Can GDP Be Mapped?
9.3 What Lessons Should Be Drawn?
Conclusion: Cartography is a Martial Art
General Conclusion
Annexes
Bibliography
Index