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Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization

Terry A. Slocum

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1. Introduction. I. PRINCIPLES OF CARTOGRAPHY. 2. History of Thematic Cartography. 3. Statistical and Graphical Foundation. 4. Principles of Symbolization. 5. Data Classification. 6. Scale and Cartographic Generalization. 7. The Earth and its Coordinate System. 8. Elements of Map Projections. 9. Selecting an Appropriate Projection. 10. Principles of Color. 11. Elements of Map Design. 12. Map Production and Dissemination. II. MAPPING TECHNIQUES. 13. Choropleth Mapping. 14. Isarithmic Mapping. 15. Symbolizing Topography. 16. Proportional Symbol Mapping. 17. Dot and Dasymetric Mapping. 18. Bivariate and Multivariate Mapping. 19. Additional Techniques. III. GEOGRAPHIC VISUALIZAION. 20. Animation. 21. Data Exploration. 22. Electronic Atlases and Miltimedia. 23. Visualizing Data Quality. 24. Virtual and Mixed Environments. 25. Ongoing Developments.

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Key concepts: Thematic map, Cartography, Map projection, Visualization, Cartographic generalization, Geovisualization, Geography, Projection (relational algebra)