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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9783642348488 |
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978-3-642-34848-8 |
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
GA1-1776 |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
910.285 |
Edition number |
23 |
264 #1 - |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg : |
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Imprint: Springer, |
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2013. |
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Hennig, Benjamin D. |
Relator term |
author. |
245 10 - IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION NOTE |
Title |
Rediscovering the World |
Medium |
[electronic resource] : |
Remainder of title |
Map Transformations of Human and Physical Space / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Benjamin D. Hennig. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
XVIII, 266 p. 104 illus., 94 illus. in color. |
Other physical details |
online resource. |
440 1# - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
Title |
Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, |
International Standard Serial Number |
2190-5053 |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- Cartography and globalization -- Creating gridded cartograms -- The human shape of the planet -- Towards a gridded cartogram -- Applications for gridded cartograms. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
‘We need new maps’ is the central claim made in this book. In a world increasingly influenced by human action and interaction, we still rely heavily on mapping techniques that were invented to discover unknown places and explore our physical environment. Although the traditional concept of a map is currently being revived in digital environments, the underlying mapping approaches are not capable of making the complexity of human-environment relationships fully comprehensible. Starting from how people can be put on the map in new ways, this book outlines the development of a novel technique that stretches a map according to quantitative data, such as population. The new maps are called gridded cartograms as the method is based on a grid onto which a density-equalizing cartogram technique is applied. The underlying grid ensures the preservation of an accurate geographic reference to the real world. It allows the gridded cartograms to be used as base maps onto which other information can be mapped. This applies to any geographic information from the human and physical environment. As demonstrated through the examples presented in this book, the new maps are not limited to showing population as a defining element for the transformation, but can show any quantitative geospatial data, such as wealth, rainfall, or even the environmental conditions of the oceans. The new maps also work at various scales, from a global perspective down to the scale of urban environments. The gridded cartogram technique is proposed as a new global and local map projection that is a viable and versatile alternative to other conventional map projections. The maps based on this technique open up a wide range of potential new applications to rediscover the diverse geographies of the world. They have the potential to allow us to gain new perspectives through detailed cartographic depictions. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geography. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Computer vision. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geographical information systems. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geography. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics. |
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
Title |
Springer eBooks |
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
Display text |
Printed edition: |
International Standard Book Number |
9783642348471 |
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34848-8 |
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E-Book |