EMR21: Lecture 7

Generalization, classification, symbolizationThe selective interests of the map(maker)Maps (do) work 3/4: as imaginative projection

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Why is generalizationimportant in mapmaking?

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http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/gis_poster/

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selection

simplification

smoothing

displacement

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http://geoportal.icimod.org/TrainingandEducation/GISforBeginners/p1ch8/

EMR21 #digimap 17Chris Silver Smith, http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvery/2387030395/in/photostream/

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What was generalized in this cartographic representation?

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What was generalized in this cartographic representation?

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equal interval

quantile

natural breaks

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shapesizehuevalueintensitytexture

EMR21 #digimap 25http://latonyascloset.blogspot.com/2008/04/hue-value-intensity.html

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Maps lie.

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What is the responsibility of the cartographer in this design process?

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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/philfoxrose/2012/11/we-are-all-purple-the-destructive-lie-of-red-states-and-blue-states/3/

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Oct 16 Thematic Lens 3 of 4:

Map as Imaginative Projection

Oct 16 Thematic Lens 3 of 4:

Map as Imaginative Projection

Peter Gordon’s Savannah ColonyCommissioners Plan of New YorkBenton MacKaye’s Appalachian Trail

Map as Imaginative Projection

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Map as Imaginative Projection

Peter Gordon’s Savannah Colony

Map as Imaginative Projection

Commissioners Plan of New York

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Benton MacKaye’s Appalachian Trail

Oct 23 Thematic Lens 4 of 4:

Map as Subjective Experience

Richard Long’s WalksPeter and Alison Smithson’s Cambridge WalksKevin Lynch’s Cognitive Maps