Full Description
Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, eighth edition is a comprehensive, foundational textbook designed for the college curriculum. With a section on map interpretation, Map Use provides students with the knowledge and skills to read and understand maps, and offers professional cartographers a thorough reference resource.
Nearly 600 full-color maps, photographs, and graphs illustrate the concepts behind communicating with maps, while PowerPoint slides (available through the book resource page at https://links.esri.com/MapUseSlides) further support use of the text in the classroom.
The book renders basic cartographic principles accessible to all, from students of cartography and map design to those without a formal education in geography. Accommodating new developments in GPS and geographic information system technology, Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, eighth edition can serve as an excellent introductory GIS text.
Contents
Part One: Map Reading 1 The earth and earth coordinates 2 Map scale 3 Map projections 4 Grid coordinate systems 5 Land partitioning 6 Relief portrayal 7 Qualitative thematic maps 8 Quantitative thematic maps 9 Image maps 10 Map accuracy and uncertainty Part Two: Map Analysis 11 Distance finding 12 Direction finding and compasses 13 Position finding and navigation 14 GPS and maps 15 Area and volume measures 16 Surface analysis 17 Spatial pattern analysis 18 Spatial association analysis Part Three: Map Interpretation 19 Interpreting the lithosphere 20 Interpreting the atmosphere and biosphere 21 Interpreting the human landscape 22 Maps and reality Appendix A: Digital cartographic data Appendix B: Selected navigation and GPS abbreviations and acronyms Appendix C: Tables Glossary Index
