How maps work: representation visualisation and design/
by Alan M. Mac Eachren
- Jaipur: Rawat Pubs, 2008.
- xiii, 513 p.
1.Taking a scientific approach to improving map representation and design-- 2.An information processing view of vision and visual cognition-- 3.How maps are seen-- 4.How maps are understoods : visual array visual desceription knowledge schemata-- 5.A primer on semiotics for understanding map representation-- 6.A functional approach to map representation the semantics and syntactics of map signs-- 7.A lexical approach to map representation : Map pragmatics-- 8.GVIS : facilitating visual thinking -- 9.GVIS relationships in space and time-- 10.GVIS: should we believe what we see