Call number:
1.10/M 06.0378
Description / Table of Contents:
Presents a cognitive-semiotic framework for understanding how maps work as powerful, abstract, and synthetic spatial representations. Contents: Taking a Scientfic Approach to Improving Map Representation and DesignI. How Meaning Is Derived from Maps. An Information-Processing View of Vision and Visual Cognition. How Maps Are Seen. How Maps Are Understood:Visual Array, Visual Description, Knowledge Schemata, Cognitive Representation. How Maps Are Imbued with Meaning. A Primer on Semiotics for Understanding Map Representation. A Functional Approach to Map Representation: The Semantics and Syntactics of Map Signs. A Lexical Approach to Map Representation: Map Pragmatics. How Maps Are Used: Applications in Geographic Thinking. GVIS: Facilitating Visual Thinking. GVIS: Relationships in Space and Time. GVIS: Should We Believe What We See?
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XIII, 513 S.
,
graph. Darst., Ill.
ISBN:
157230040X
Classification:
Cartography, Geographical Information Systems, GIS
Location:
Reading room
Branch Library:
GFZ Library
