Reflexive Cartography
A New Perspective in Mapping
- 1st Edition, Volume 6 - August 13, 2015
- Author: Emanuela Casti
- Editor: D.R. Fraser Taylor
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 3 5 0 9 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 3 5 5 6 - 6
Reflexive Cartography addresses the adaptation of cartography, including its digital forms (GIS, WebGIS, PPGIS), to the changing needs of society, and outlines the experimen… Read more
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Request a sales quoteReflexive 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.
- Applies a range of technologies to theoretical perspectives on mapping to innovatively map the world’s geographic diversity
- Features a multi-disciplinary perspective that weaves together geography, the geosciences, and the social sciences through territorial representation
- Authored and edited by two of the world’s foremost cartographic experts who combine more than 60 years of experience in research and in the classroom
- Presents more than 60 figures to underscore key concepts
Geographers, cartographers, and geoscientists conducting geography research
Part 1
Chapter 1. Cartographic Interpretation Between Continuity and Renewal: On the Trail of Chora
- Society and Cartography
- The Role of Theory in Cartographic Interpretation
- The Object-Based Perspective
- The Deconstructivist Perspective
- The Hermeneutic Perspective
- From Topos to Chora
Chapter 2. The Success of Topos in Colonial Cartography: Topographic Metrics
- Understanding and Describing Africa
- In Search of Topos: Topographic Maps
- The Strengthening of Topos: Taxonomy and Thematism
- Iconization of Topos: Maps Between Science and Popularization
- Semiosis and Topographic Metrics
Chapter 3. Landscape as a Cartographic Icon
- Connections, Hybridizations
- Landscape and Maps
- Perspective and the Semiotics of Vision
- Iconic Resonances
- Sketching Ideas, Conveying Concepts
Part 2
Chapter 4. Technology in Action: Participatory Cartographic Systems
- Metamorphosis of the Cartographic World
- The Geographic Information Systems for Protected Areas Strategy in W Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (West Africa)
- From the Sheet to the Screen: PPGIS and Online Cartography
- Online Cartography: Interactivity and First Semiotic Implications
Chapter 5. Chorographic Horizon: Landscape Cartography
- Semiosis and Chorographic Metrics
- Gobnangou: A Cliff That “Enwraps”
- Social Identities and Environmental Perspectives: The Arly PCU
- Participatory Landscape Cartography
- The Landscape-Based Dimension of Icons
Chapter 6. Coming Full Circle: Towards a Chorography
- Cartographic Rendering of Spatiality Through the Centuries
- Cartographic Spatialization of Globalization
- From Representation to Chorographic Spatiality
Glossary/Compass: Concepts and Definitions for Navigating the Text
- No. of pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 6
- Published: August 13, 2015
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128035092
- eBook ISBN: 9780128035566
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D.R. Fraser Taylor
He produced two of the world’s first computer atlases in 1970. His many publications continue to have a major impact on the field. In 1997, he introduced the innovative new paradigm of cybercartography. He and his team are creating a whole new genre of online multimedia and multisensory atlases including several in cooperation with indigenous communities. He has also published several influential contributions to development studies and many of his publications deal with the relationship between cartography and development in both a national and an international context.
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