Cartography: Visualization of Spatial Data

By Menno-Jan Kraak and Ferjan Ormeling

Integrating cutting-edge technology with traditional cartographic principles, this text provides a framework for effectively visualizing and analyzing geospatial data. It gives students critical concepts and methods for harnessing the enormous amount of geospatial data that is available on the Internet and creating maps that can support real-world decision making. The writing style is straightforward and accessible. Illustrated throughout with highly instructive diagrams and sample maps, the book includes 58 color plates.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160918193X
• ISBN13: 9781609181932
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.4"

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.