xii Contents
Part IV. Nontraditional Mapping
Chapter 10
Cartograms
and Diagrams
189
Chapter 11
Continuity and Change in the Computer Era
200
Part V. Critique of Maps
Chapter 12
Putting It All Together
213
Appendices
Appendix A.
Commonly Used Projections
225
Appendix B. Resources
229
Appendix C. Glossary
233
Bibliography
245
Index
251
About
the Author
259
3
chapter 1
introduction
Far from being an antique craft belonging to a bygone era,
cartography
is the art of geovisualization; a way of sharing spatial
knowledge and empowering people through the application of
good design, whether the
medium is electronic or paper, permanent
or perishable, static or dynamic.
—A
lexander
J. K
ent
,
Bulletin of
the Society of Cartographers (2008)