Classics in cartography: reflections on influential articles from cartographica

Classics in Cartography provides an intellectually-driven reinterpretation ofa selection of ten touchstone articles in the development of mapping scholarship over the last four decades. The ‘classics’ are drawn exclusively from the international peer-review journal Cartographica and are reprinted in full here. They are accompanied by newly commissioned reflective essays by the originalarticle authors, and other eminent scholars, to provide fresh interpretation of the meaning of the ideas presented and their wider, lasting impact on cartographic research INDICE: Contributors biographies. Foreword. Jeremy W. Crampton. Acknowledgements. 1. What are the classic articles in cartography? Martin Dodge. SectionOne: Epistemological Practice 2. Algorithms for the Reduction of the Number of Points Required to Represent a Digitized Line or its Caricature (1973). David H. Douglas and Thomas K. Peucker. 3. Reflection essay. Tom Poiker and David Douglas. 4. The Nature of Boundaries on Area-Class Maps (1989). David M. Mark and Ferenc Csillag. 5. Reflection essay. David M. Mark. 6. Strategies for the Visualization of Geographic Time-Series Data (1990). Mark Monmonier 7. Reflection essay. Mark Monmonier. 8. PPGIS in Community Development Planning: Framingthe Organizational Context (2001). Sarah Elwood and Rina Ghose. 9. Reflectionessay. Sarah Elwood and Rina Ghose. Section Two: Ontological Understanding 10. Cartographic Communication and Geographic Understanding (1976). Leonard Guelke. 11. Reflection essay. Muki Haklay and Kate Jones. 12. A Conceptual Framework and Comparison of Spatial Data Models (1984). Donna J. Peuquet. 13. Reflection essay. Jeremy Mennis. 14. Designs on Signs: Myth and Meaning in Maps (1986). Denis Wood and John Fels. 15. Reflection essay. Denis Wood and John Fels. Section Three: Politics and Society 16. Deconstructing the Map (1989). J.B. Harley. 17. Reflection essay. Jeremy W. Crampton. 18. Cartography Without Progress: Reinterpreting the Nature and Historical Development of Mapmaking (1993). Matthew H. Edney. 19. Reflection essay. Matthew H. Edney. 20. Between Demythologizing and Deconstructing the Map: Shawnadithits New-Found-Land and the Alienation of Canada (1995). Matthew Sparke. 21. Reflection essay. Matt Sparke. Index

• ISBN: 978-0-470-68174-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 448
• Fecha Publicación: 03/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés