Thematic Cartography and Visualization [Hardcover]

Terry A. Slocum (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0132097761 | ISBN-13: 978-0132097765 | Publication Date: December 4, 1998 | Edition: 1

Appropriate for either a one or two-semester undergraduate course in Cartography. This comprehensive book bridges the evolution in cartography by presenting both traditional methods and recently developed cartographic techniques. It provides a compendium of methods for symbolizing and visualizing spatial data, from the traditional methods that presume a communication model to computer-based techniques that provide a means of data visualization.

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This comprehensive book bridges the evolution in cartography by presenting both traditional methods and recently developed computer-based cartographic techniques. Covers a range of mapping methods, including traditional univariate mapping methods; recently developed approaches for visualizing spatial data; and bivariate and multivariate mapping techniques. The book also emphasizes computer-based symbolization reflecting the shift toward technology. This discussion covers hardware considerations in map production, the use of digital methods for interpolating between point locations on isarithmic maps, how digital methods of GIS and remote sensing assist in creating dot and dasymetric maps, and tools programmers can use to develop their own software. It also presents the relationship between statistical and graphical methods. Finally, the book provides sources to help readers locate the software mentioned throughout the book. An essential resource for any professional who would benefit from methods of presenting data visually, rather than numerically.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (December 4, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132097761
• ISBN-13: 978-0132097765
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #396,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Earth Sciences > Cartography

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Geography Textbook I've ever read. Ever., February 25, 2000

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This review is from: Thematic Cartography and Visualization (Hardcover)

This book: an excellent example of a work fueld by the academic's interest in the subject, and not his career ambitions. Technical and for the person well-informed in the minutiae of cartographic design, this book is the fountain head of information on technique, method and management of thematic mapping, drawing on a wide range of resource material and sources. Concise, un-self conscious, this book will tell the serious cartophile or geography-loving person more than they could ever have thought they could know, with aplomb.