Map Functions

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-83719-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 207 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Reihe: Springer Geography

This book departs from typical cartography textbooks, which tend to focus on the characteristics of the methods and means of expression. Instead, it offers an explanation of the individual perspective on the map as a specific product of civilization, one that constitutes a component of social communication.

The layout highlights the essential property of cartographic notation, namely: the way of forming the map’s content elements, adjusted to its purpose. This property is ensured thanks to the dimension of reference units in relation to the observation scale of the objects, and by topological consistency between the reference units system and real layout of the objects. An exploration of the characteristics of various ways of depicting a map’s content elements, organized in the reference units dimension, is preceded by a general section accentuating the position of cartography among other sciences, as well as the definition and general properties of a map. The book’s closing chapter includes a separate textbook overview of the applications of taxonomic methods in cartography.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krzywicka-Blum, Ewa

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie GIS, Geoinformatik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geodäsie, Kartographie, Fernerkundung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Phenomenon of Maps.- Elements of the Map Contents with (0D) Reference Units.- Elements of the Maps Contents with Linear (1d) Reference Units.- Elements of the Maps Contents with Surface (2d) Reference Units.- The Synthetic Structural Characteristics Determining the Qualificational Areas Division.