applied mapping Newman, Winifred E. creator author. text bibliography nyu New York, NY Abingdon, Oxon Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2017 monographic eng

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xvi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Introduction. Mapping as Thinking-Mediating-Making. Image or Representation. Diagram, Image, or Map? Complexity and Legibility. Problems of Classification. The Role of the Mapmaker. Designer as Mapmaker. Part 1: Maps as Objects of Explanation. The Map as Artifact and Process. Correspondence. Inter-subjectivity and the Relationship of Things or Ideas. The `Neutral Domain' in the Map. Part 2: Terms of the Map. How Maps Communicate: Ordering, Reducing, Weighting. Data Visualization, Mapping, Measuring. General Determination of the Five Key Elements. Functions: Time (and/or Movement) and Place. Part 3: Maps as Power, Identity and Utopia. The Map as a Field of Forces: Maps and Representation. Power and Identity. New Geographies, New Territories. Future Place(s). Part 4: Case Studies. The Instrumentality of the Map in Design. Maps and Mapping as Hypothesis Making. Working with Observation: Quantitative and Qualitative Data. Case Study 1: Orthographic Projections and the Grid. Case Study 2: Perceptual Analogues and the Axis of Translation. Case Study 3: Thematic Mapping and Indexing. Case Study 4: Catalogs, Taxonomies, and Time. Case Study 5: Images of the City through Movement. Further Reading. Notes. Index. Winifred E. Newman. Includes bibliographical references and index. ARC Cartography Philosophy Maps Psychological aspects Information visualization Architecture GA102.3 .N49 2017 001.4226 9781138958357 (pb : alk. paper) 9781138958340 (hb : alk. paper) 2016046627 Ayesha Abed Library DLC 190808 20211118134027.0 35082 eng