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Cartography.

By: Kenneth Field

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Paperback | 9 August 2018

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576 Pages

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26.6 x 21.5 x 4.45

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Cartography: The Definitive Guide to Making Maps is a modern, visually compelling, comprehensive cartographic reference book that can be used by anyone required to make a map. By demystifying cartography and explaining the basic tenets of what makes a good map and how to creating one, this book focuses on the core question of why design matters from a standpoint of clear information. The authors debunk the myth that well-designed maps are just pretty maps. While a number of seminal texts on cartography exist are now dated, fail to adequately capture the changing nature of map-making, and are often written in a style unsuited to effective implementation and are targeted at those who seek a detailed exposition of cartographic theory; Cartography is written in a more broadly accessible manner, yet it upholds the goal of giving sound advice based on knowledge that translates into practical implementation. Even non-cartographers can take this book and use it to improve their own mapping.

Industry Reviews

"What Kenneth Field has created here is a brilliant reference book on behalf of our field of cartography. Finally! A book that truly represents Cartography in 2018."

-- Christopher Wesson, The Bulletin of the Society of Cartographers

* Christopher Wesson *

"Read the book for pragmatic advice or to braden your horizon; for me, it did both."

-- Menno-Jan Kraak, president of the International Cartographic Association (ICA); professor, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands; author of Mapping Time and coauthor of Cartography, Visualization of Geospatial Data

* Menno-Jan Kraak *

"An Impressively creative and useful scholarly contribution."

-- Mark Monmonier, author of How to Lie with Maps, Distinguished Professor of Geography, Syracuse University, NY.

* Mark Monmonier *

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