Beschreibung:
Now available in paperback for the first time, this classic work presents a cognitive-semiotic framework for understanding how maps work as powerful, abstract, and synthetic spatial representations. Explored are the ways in which the many representational choices inherent in mapping interact with information processing and knowledge construction, and how the resulting insights can be used to make informed symbolization and design decisions. A new preface to the paperback edition situates the book within the context of contemporary technologies. As the nature of maps continues to evolve, Alan MacEachren emphasizes the ongoing need to think systematically about the ways people interact with and use spatial information.
1. Taking a Scientfic Approach to Improving Map Representation and DesignI. How Meaning Is Derived from Maps2. An Information-Processing View of Vision and Visual Cognition3. How Maps Are Seen4. How Maps Are Understood: Visual Array Visual DescriptionKnowledge SchemataCognitive RepresentationII. How Maps Are Imbued with Meaning5. A Primer on Semiotics for Understanding Map Representation6. A Functional Approach to Map Representation: The Semantics and Syntactics of Map Signs7. A Lexical Approach to Map Representation: Map PragmaticsIII. How Maps Are Used: Applications in Geographic Thinking8. GVIS: Facilitating Visual Thinking9. GVIS: Relationships in Space and Time10. GVIS: Should We Believe What We See?Postscript