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A Cartographic Turn

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Description for A Cartographic Turn Hardback. Editor(s): Chavinier, Elsa; Levy, Jacques. Num Pages: 280 pages, 50 colour line drawings. BIC Classification: RGV; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160. .

Contemporary cartography faces a threefold, simultaneous set of pressures. First, it is clear that a restricted circle of specialists no longer holds a monopoly over cartographic production and that there is no longer any implicit agreement about maps. Secondly, scientific and technological innovations are rapidly modifying the boundaries between what a map is and is not, increasing the importance of the individual user or map maker. Finally there is a great need for cartographic instruments to empower the citizen-cartographers, tools to help them make sense of the maps that they are making.

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If we are able to understand how the relationship between a society and its maps tends to design new configurations, we can enhance scientific and technological innovation. We can also contribute to a more general public debate on spatial visualization, which would imply the breaking up of the impermeable borders that persist between academic disciplines.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415729130
SKU
V9780415729130
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Ref
99-50

About Jacques Lévy (Ed.)
Dr Elsa Chavinier, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Professor Jacques Lévy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

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