Cartography: Thematic Map Design

Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1999. 5th ed. Small foli in pale blue boards; xiv, 417 pages: illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 29 cm; CD-ROM in rear pocket; bibliographical references and inde Fine; CD-ROM sealed in rear pocket (never opened). As new. . Hardcover. ISBN: 0697384950

Contents: CD-ROM contents: ArcView GIS exercises. THEMATIC MAPPING ESSENTIALS: Introduction to thematic mapping -- The round Earth to flat map: map projections for designers -- Employment of projections and thematic base-map compilation -- The nature of geographic phenomena and the selection of thematic map symbols -- Processing geographic data: common measures useful in thematic mapping -- Geographic information systems -- TECHNIQUES OF QUANTITATIVE THEMATIC MAPPING: Mapping enumeration and other areally aggregated data: the choropleth map -- Mapping point phenomena: the common dot map -- From point to point: the proportional symbol map -- Mapping geographical volumes: the isarithmic map -- The cartogram: value-by-area mapping -- Dynamic representation: the design of flow maps -- DESIGNING THEMATIC MAPS: The map design process and the elements of map composition -- Making the map readable: the intelligent use of typographics -- Principles for color thematic maps -- ELECTRONIC MAP PRODUCTION: Printing fundamentals and prepress operations for the cartographer -- Digital map compilation and desktop mapping -- EFFECTIVE GRAPHING FOR CARTOGRAPHERS: Effective graphing for cartographers -- Geographical tables -- Defining constants for the 1983 State Plane Coordinate System -- Census geography definitions and census sources -- Worked problems -- Important World Wide Web sites for cartographers. / Cartography. Thematic maps. Cartographie. Cartes thématiques. thematic maps. Cartography. Thematic maps. Kartografie Thematische Kartografie Cartografie.