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[ELeFevre]

Recommended reading list given to me by my cartography professor:


Books Every Cartographer Should Have on the Shelf


Dent, Bordon. 2000. Cartography: Thematic Map Design. Mcgraw Hill

Hearnshaw, Hilary and David Unwin. 1994. Visualization in Geographic Information Systems. John Wiley and Sons.

Kraak, Menno-Jan and Ferjan Ormeling. 2003. Cartography: Visualization of Spatial Data. Prentice Hall.

Lloyd, Robert. 1997. Spatial Cognition: Geographic Elements. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

MacEachren, Alan. 1995. How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization, and Design. The Guilford Press.

MacEachren, Alan and D.R. Fraser Taylor. 1994. Visualization in Modern Cartography. Pergamon Press.

Monmonier, Mark. 1991. How To Lie With Maps. University of Chicago Press.

Muehercke, Phillip and Juliana Muehrecke. 1998. Map Use. JP Publications, Madison, WI.

Peterson, Michael. 1995. Interactive and Animated Cartography. Prentice Hall.

Peuquet, Donna. 2002. Representations of Space and Time. Guilford Press.

Raisz, Erwin. 1962. Principles of Cartography. McGraw Hill.

Robinson, Arthur and Barbara Bartz Petchenik. 1976. The Nature of Maps: Essays toward Understanding Maps and Mapping. University of Chicago Press.

Robinson, Arthur et al. 1953-1984. Elements in Cartography. John Wiley and Sons.

Slocum, Terry, et al. 2005. Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization. Prentice Hall.

Stefoff, Rebecca. 1995. Maps and Mapmaking. Oxford University Press.

Tufte, Edward. 1990. Envisioning Information. Graphics Press.

Tufte, Edward. 1997. Visual Expanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Graphics Press.

[frax]

any nuggest in there? I have read (at least partly) most of the older ones. How is the Kraak & Ormeling book?

In my bookshelf, though, is only the Tufte ones and "How to lie with maps" (from the list)

[Matthew Hampton]

Your professor missed "Cartographic Relief Presentation" by Eduard Imhof (1982). I think it is a must read for topographic junkies...
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Matthew

[EcoGraphic]

I came across Edward Tufte's recommended reading list online the other day. Someone who had been to his conference posted it along with a page of notes:

Tufte's Recomended Reading List:

http://www.pointreye...ufte_books.html


Gillian

[Hans van der Maarel]

Some interesting choices:
- "Understanding Comics" - I can see the link between comics and maps, they both have limited space to convey a lot of information
- "Maps and Civilization" - I have this one but found it hard to get through. Maybe I should give it another go.

[EcoGraphic]

Okay, check this out for a reading list:

Books about Maps and Cartography
http://home.att.net/...s/mapbooks.html

This link was listed on the Map History website:

History of Cartography Website
http://www.maphistory.info/litgen.html

[franciscocartographer]

I must recommend Cynthia Brewer's 'Designing Better Maps'. It is written for GIS users but it covers essential cartographic design rules. It includes chapters in map design, Type, and very valuable information about colors (her specialty).

For around $20.00 I think is a great investment

http://www.amazon.co...283155&v=glance

[Dennis McClendon]

A really good introduction to the concepts of cartography is Mapping by David Greenhood. I send my new employees home with it.

Amazon: Mapping

A little-known reference on thematic mapping (symbolization, classification schemes, etc.) is Mapping Information: The Graphic Display of Quantitative Information by Howard T. Fisher. Probably best to find this in university libraries, though there's a (pricy) copy on bookfinder right now.