Title:
Elements of cartography
Author:
Robinson, Arthur Howard, 1915-
ISBN:
9780471555797
Edition:
6th ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Wiley, c1995.
Physical Description:
674 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Cartography Today. 2. Nature of Cartography. 3. History of Cartography -- Pt. II. Earth-Map Relations. 4. Basic Geodesy. 5. Map Projections. 6. Scale, Reference, and Coordinate Systems -- Pt. III. Sources of Data. 7. Ground Survey and Positioning. 8. Remote Sensing Data Collection. 9. Census and Sampling. 10. Data Models for Digital Cartographic Information. 11. Map Digitizing -- Pt. IV. Data Processing. 12. Image Processing. 13. Digital Databases. 14. Geographic and Cartographic Database Concepts. 15. Managing Large Databases. 16. Data Measurement and Basic Statistical Processing. 17. Geographic Information Systems -- Pt. V. Perception and Design. 18. Cartographic Design. 19. Color Theory and Models. 20. Color and Pattern Creation and Specification. 21. Color and Pattern Use. 22. Typography and Lettering the Map. 23. Map Compilation -- Pt. VI. Cartographic Abstraction. 24. Selection and Generalization Principles.
25. Symbolization: Feature Attributes at Points, Lines, and Areas. 26. Symbolization: Feature Attribute Volumes. 27. Portraying the Land-Surface Form. 28. Multivariate Mapping and Modeling.
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Table of Contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix01/94033102.html