Mapping Ways of Representing the World

by Dorling, Daniel; Fairbairn, David

• ISBN13: 9780582289727
• ISBN10: 0582289726
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Illustrates how maps tell us as much about the people and the powers which create them, as about the places they show. Presents historical and contemporary evidence of how the human urge to describe, understand and control the world is presented through the medium of mapping, together with the individual and environmental constraints of the creator of the map.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	1	(5)
Geography and mapping	1	(2)
Maps as the subject of this book	3	(1)
Further reading	4	(2)
The history of cartography	6	(19)
An introduction to early maps	6	(1)
The human mind and the shape of the earth: reconciling interpretation and reality	7	(1)
The relationship of mapping to other human activities	8	(13)
The Islamic tradition in map-making	21	(2)
Summary	23	(1)
Further reading	24	(1)
The shape and content of maps	25	(19)
Maps and their scale	25	(1)
The graticule	25	(3)
Map projections	28	(7)
Larger-scale mapping	35	(3)
Generalization	38	(4)
Summary	42	(1)
Further reading	42	(2)
Navigation, maps and accuracy	44	(21)
Introduction	44	(1)
Positioning	44	(1)
Navigation	45	(8)
Accuracy	53	(10)
Summary	63	(1)
Further reading	64	(1)
Representing others	65	(17)
Introduction	65	(1)
Who are maps made for?	66	(5)
Map compilation	71	(4)
Interpreting the interpreters	75	(2)
An infinity of images	77	(1)
Summary	78	(3)
Further reading	81	(1)
Mapping territory	82	(20)
Introduction	82	(1)
Land ownership and mapping	82	(6)
Colonization and the subdivision of the earth	88	(2)
The impact of the military on mapping activity	90	(5)
Contemporary government mapping	95	(4)
Summary	99	(1)
Further reading	100	(2)
New scales, new viewpoints	102	(19)
Introduction	102	(1)
The new world-view: an alternative icon	103	(1)
Remote sensing and data	104	(2)
Scale and accuracy beyond belief	106	(3)
Old and new views	109	(5)
Fractals: scale-free mapping	114	(5)
Further reading	119	(2)
Geographical information systems	121	(16)
Introduction	121	(1)
A short history of geographical information systems	121	(4)
The democratization of map-making: removing the mystique	125	(6)
The applications of GIS and their effect on our image of the world	131	(3)
A critique of the GIS view of the world	134	(1)
Further reading	135	(2)
Alternative views	137	(19)
Introduction	137	(1)
Map propaganda	137	(2)
Ecomapping	139	(3)
Humanist cartography	142	(4)
The `new' world atlases	146	(4)
The cartography of war	150	(4)
Summary	154	(1)
Further reading	155	(1)
Representing the future and the future of representation	156	(17)
Introduction	156	(1)
New tools and new data	157	(2)
New roles and new maps	159	(2)
Changing perspectives on cartographic practice	161	(4)
Map-makers of the future	165	(4)
The parameters of map production	169	(3)
Further reading	172	(1)
References	173	(5)
Index	178