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3rd ed.

Harlow : Prentice Hall, 2010

xii, 198 s., [32] s. obr. příl. : il., mapy ; 25 cm

ISBN 978-0-273-72279-3 (brož.)

Obálkový podnázev: visualization of spatial data

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Contents // Preface viii // Acknowledgments xi // Chapter 1 Geographical Information Science and maps 1 // 1.1 The map as an interface 1 // 1.2 Geospatial data 3 // 1.3 Geographic information systems 8 // 1.4 Geospatial analysis operations 11 // 1.5 The spatial data infrastructure and maps 17 // Further reading 19 // Chapter 2 Data acquisition 20 // 2.1 The need to know acquisition methods 20 // 2.2 Vector file characteristics 22 // 2.3 Raster file characteristics 23 // 2.4 Deriving data from existing maps 25 // 2.5 Working with digital data 29 // 2.6 Control and accuracy 35 // F urther reading 3 8 // Chapter 3 Map characteristics 39 // 3.1 Maps are unique 39 // 3.2 Definitions of cartography 40 // 3.3 The cartographic communication process 44 // 3.4 Map functions and map types 48 // Further reading 50 // Website 50 // Chapter 4 GIS applications: which map to use? 51 // 4.1 Maps and the nature of GIS applications 51 // 4.2 Cadastre and utilities: use of large-scale // maps 51 // 4.3 Geospatial analysis in geography: use of // small-scale maps 54 // vi // Contents // 4.4 Geospatial, thematic and temporal // comparisons 57 // Further reading 63 // Chapter 5 Map design and production 64 // 5.1 Introduction 64 // 5.2 Symbols to portray data related to points, // lines, areas and volumes 65 // 5.3 Graphic variables 66 // 5.4 Conceptual and design aspects of text // on the map 70 // 5.5 Requirements for the cartographic // component of GIS packages 71 // 5.6 Map design and production 74

// 5.7 Web map design 79 // 5.8 Web maps and multimedia 82 // Further reading 84 // Chapter 6 Topography 85 // 6.1 Georeferencing 85 // 6.2 Map projections 88 // 6.3 Geometric transformations 94 // 6.4 Generalization 95 // 6.5 Relief 105 // 6.6 Topographic data: mapping and charting // organizations 111 // 6.7 Geographical names 115 // Further reading 118 // Chapter 7 Statistical mapping 119 // 7.1 Statistical surveys 119 // 7.2 Data analysis 122 // 7.3 Data classification 126 // 7.4 Cartographical data analysis 133 // 7.5 Mapping methods 13 6 // Further reading 151 // Chapters Mapping time 152 // 8.1 Introduction 152 // 8.2 Mapping change 154 // 8.3 Animation 155 // 8.4 Dynamic variables 15 7 // Further reading 15 8 // Contents // vii // Chapter 9 Maps at work: presenting and using geospatial data // in maps and atlases 159 // 9.1 Introduction 159 // 9.2 Paper atlases 160 // 9.3 Electronic atlases 161 // 9.4 Maps at work: map use functions 163 // 9.5 Working with (web-based) electronic // atlases 167 // Further reading 168 // Chapter 10 Maps at work: analysis and geovisualization 169 // 10.1 Introduction 169 // 10.2 Geovisual analytics 174 // Further reading 17 5 // Chapter 11 Cartography at work: maps as decision tools 176 // 11.1 Again: why maps? 176 // 11.2 Management and documentation of // spatial information 176 // 11.3 Outdated data: at work with the Digital // Chart of the World 177 // 11.4 Accessibility: cartography, GIS and // geospatial information policy 180 // 11.5 Copyright

and liability 181 // 11.6 Map use and usability 187 // 11.7 Maps and Geographical Information // Science revisited 18 8 // Further reading 189 // References 190 // Index 195