TY - BOOK AU - MacEachren, Alan M. TI - How maps work: representation visualisation and design SN - 9788131602133 U1 - 526 PY - 2008/// CY - Jaipur PB - Rawat Pubs KW - GES N1 - 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 ER -