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024 7 _a10.1007/978-3-642-34848-8
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100 1 _aHennig, Benjamin D.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRediscovering the World
_h[electronic resource] :
_bMap Transformations of Human and Physical Space /
_cby Benjamin D. Hennig.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXVIII, 266 p. 104 illus., 94 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
_x2190-5053
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Cartography and globalization -- Creating gridded cartograms -- The human shape of the planet -- Towards a gridded cartogram -- Applications for gridded cartograms.
520 _a‘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 _aGeography.
650 0 _aComputer graphics.
650 0 _aGeographical information systems.
650 1 4 _aGeography.
650 2 4 _aGeographical Information Systems/Cartography.
650 2 4 _aComputer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642348471
830 0 _aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
_x2190-5053
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34848-8
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942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
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