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Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS
A concise, down-to-earth guide to creating maps using GIS, this book is visually engaging, clear, and compelling–exactly how an effective map should be. Featuring over 300 maps and other figures,
Continue readingThe Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation
WINNER OF THE CANTEMIR PRIZE 2012 awarded by the Berendel Foundation The Map Reader brings together, for the first time, classic and hard-to-find articles on mapping. This book provides a wide-ranging
Continue readingSemiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps
Originally published in French in 1967, Semiology of Graphics holds a significant place in the theory of information design. Founded on Jacques Bertin’s practical experience as a cartographer, Part One
Continue readingMaps and Diagrams: Their Compilation and Construction (University Paperbacks)
‘Maps are drawn by men and not turned out automatically,’ wrote the eminent American geographer, J. K. Wright, in his delightful essay ‘Map Makers are Human’. But proficiency in
Continue readingChina in Ancient and Modern Maps
China has one of the world’s earliest civilizations and was the first country in the world to make maps. This volume shows how the development of cartography was an inseparable part of ancient Chinese
Continue readingMapping the World: The Story of Cartography
From the crude maps of ancient Babylon to the satellite-fueled precision of Google Maps, cartography has been both a record of dreams and of discoveries. Maps have played midwife to empires, helped win
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