Cartography: Visualization of Spatial Data

By Menno-Jan Kraak

Book Overview

This Fourth Edition of Cartography: Visualization of Geospatial Data serves as an excellent introduction to general cartographic principles. It is an examination of the best ways to optimize the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582259533
• ISBN13: 9780582259539
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent summary of cartographic knowledge needed for GIS.

A well-written book that summarizes much of what GIS users need to know about cartography. Far too many users of GIS technology fail to understand such basic concepts as map scale and projections, let alone knowing how to create a map graphic that effectively communicates with others. Anyone who is working in GIS, or thinking of doing so, and who does not have a working background in cartography should read this book. I intend to recommend it to students in our introductory GIS courses at Ohio State.