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Thematic cartography and geographic visualization / Terry A. Slocum ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Prentice Hall series in geographic information sciencePublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 518 p., 48 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0130351237
  • 9780130351234
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 526 22
LOC classification:
  • GA108.7 .S58 2005
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Contents:
Introduction -- History of U.S. academic cartography -- Statistical and graphical foundation -- Principles of symbolization -- Data classification -- Scale and generalization -- The earth and its coordinate system -- Elements of map projections -- Selecting an appropriate map projection -- Principles of color -- Elements of cartographic design -- Map reproduction -- Choropleth mapping -- Isarithmic mapping -- Symbolizing topography -- Proportional symbol mapping -- Dot and dasymetric mapping -- Bivariate and multivariate mapping -- Additional techniques -- Map animation -- Data exploration -- Electronic atlases and multimedia -- Visualizing uncertainty -- Virtual and mixed environments -- Ongoing developments.
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Prev. ed. entered under Slocum as Thematic cartography and visualization.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-508) and index.

Introduction -- History of U.S. academic cartography -- Statistical and graphical foundation -- Principles of symbolization -- Data classification -- Scale and generalization -- The earth and its coordinate system -- Elements of map projections -- Selecting an appropriate map projection -- Principles of color -- Elements of cartographic design -- Map reproduction -- Choropleth mapping -- Isarithmic mapping -- Symbolizing topography -- Proportional symbol mapping -- Dot and dasymetric mapping -- Bivariate and multivariate mapping -- Additional techniques -- Map animation -- Data exploration -- Electronic atlases and multimedia -- Visualizing uncertainty -- Virtual and mixed environments -- Ongoing developments.

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