Elements of cartography

Robinson, Arthur Howard, 1915- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0471555797 (hc : acid-free paper)
Physical Description: print
674 p., [8] pages of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Wiley, c1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Cartography today -- Nature of cartography -- History of cartography -- Basic geodesy -- Map projections -- Scale, reference, and coordinate systems -- Ground survey and positioning -- Remote sensing data collection -- Census and sampling -- Data models for digital cartographic information -- Map digitizing -- Image processing -- Digital databases -- Geographic and cartographic database concepts -- Managing large databases -- Data measurement and basic statistical processing -- Geographic information systems -- Cartographic design -- Color theory and models -- Color and pattern creation and specification -- Color and pattern use -- Typography and lettering the map -- Map compilation -- Selection and generalization principles -- Symbolization : feature attributes at points, lines, and areas -- Symbolization : feature attribute volumes -- Portraying the land-surface form -- Multivariate mapping and modeling -- Dynamic/interactive mapping -- Map reproduction -- Map production.