| Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations, maps (some color) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Modern cartography series ; volume 6 |
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Modern cartography ; v. 6.
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| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 5, 2017). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
Reflexive Cartography addresses the adaptation of cartography, including its digital forms (GIS, WebGIS, PPGIS), to the changing needs of society, and outlines the experimental context aimed at mapping a topological space. Using rigorous scientific analysis based on statement consistency, relevance of the proposals, and model accessibility, it charts the transition from topographical maps created by state agencies to open mapping produced by citizens. Adopting semiotic theory to uncover the complex communicative mechanisms of maps and to investigate their ability to produce their own messages and new perspectives, Reflexive Cartography outlines a shift in our way of conceptualizing maps: from a plastic metaphor of reality, as they are generally considered, to solid tools that play the role of agents, assisting citizens as they think and plan their own living place and make sense of the current world. |
| Contents |
<P>Contents</p> <p>PART ONE Chapter 1. Cartographic interpretation between continuity and renewal: on the trail of chora 1.1. Society and cartography 1.2. The role of theory in "critical cartography#x94; 1.3. The objective perspective 1.4. The deconstructionist perspective 1.5. The hermeneutic perspective 1.6. From topos to chora Chapter 2. The triumph of topos in colonial cartography: topographic metrics 2.1. Understanding and describing Africa 2.2. In search of topos: topographic maps 2.3. The strengthening of topos: taxonomy and thematism 2.4. Iconization of topos: Maps between science and popularization 2.5. Semiosis and topographic metrics Chapter 3. Landscape as a cartographic icon 3.1. Connections, hybridizations 3.2. Landscape and geographic maps 3.3. Perspective and semiotics of vision 3.4. Iconic resonances 3.5. Sketching ideas, conveying concepts PART TWO Chapter 4. Technology in action: participatory cartographic systems 4.1. Metamorphosis of the cartographic world 4.2. The SIGAP strategy in RBT W (West Africa) 4.3. From paper to screen: PPGIS and online maps 4.4. Online Cartography: interactivity and tentative semiotic implications Chapter 5. Chorographic horizon: landscape cartography 5.1. Semiosis and chorographic metrics 5.2. Gobnangou: an "all-encircling cliff#x94; 5.3. Social identity and environmental perspective: the Arly UPC 5.4. Participatory landscape cartography 5.5. The landscape dimension of icons Chapter 6. Coming full circle: towards a Chorography 6.1. Cartography representation of spatiality through the centuries 6.2. Cartographic spatialization of globalization 6.3. From representation to chorographic spatiality Compass / navigation Index of Authors Table of Figures</p> |
| Subject |
Cartography -- History.
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Cartographie -- Histoire.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Cartography.
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Cartography
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780128035092 |
| ISBN |
9780128035566 (electronic bk.) |
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0128035560 (electronic bk.) |
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0128035099 |
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9780128035092 |
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9780128035092 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000056951833 |
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CHDSB 006427183 |
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GBVCP 879385111 |
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UKMGB 017438649 |
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