Full Description
This revised and updated edition integrates the latest in modern technology with traditional cartographic principles. While providing a solid conceptual foundation in cartographic methodology, the text also introduces advances that have greatly altered cartographic techniques.
Contents
Partial table of contents:; Cartography Today; History of Cartography; EARTH-MAP RELATIONS; Basic Geodesy; Scale, Reference, and Coordinate Systems; SOURCES OF DATA; Ground Survey and Positioning; Remote Sensing Data Collection; DATA PROCESSING; Image Processing; Geographic and Cartographic Database Concepts; Geographic Information Systems; PERCEPTION AND DESIGN; Color Theory and Models; Color and Pattern Use; Typography and Lettering the Map; CARTOGRAPHIC ABSTRACTION; Selection and Generalization Principles; Portraying the Land-Surface Form; Dynamic/Interactive Mapping; MAP EXECUTION AND DISSEMINATION; Map Reproduction; Map Production; Appendices; Index.
