Progress in Cartography: EuroCarto 2015 [Hardcover]

This book gathers the latest developments in modern cartography, ranging from the innovative approaches being pursued at national mapping agencies and topographic mapping, to new trends in the fields of Atlas Cartography, Cartographic Modelling, Multimedia Cartography, Historical Cartography and Cartographic Education. Europe can look back on a long and outstanding history in the field of Cartography and Geoinformation Science. Its rich and leading role in the domain of cartography is proven by contributions from various countries and with a diverse range of backgrounds.

A Displacement Method for Maps Showing Dense Sets of Points of Interest.- Dynamic Cartography: A Concept for Multidimensional Point Symbols.- Model of the Dynamic Labelling of Populated Places in Slovakia for the Purposes of the State Map Series.- Methodology for Automating the Cartometric Evaluation of Urban Topographic Maps of Brazil.- Cartographic Visualization of Historical Source Data on AtlasFontium.pl.- Pins or Points?Challenges in Producing Cartographically Appealing Webmaps Within an Editorial Environment for LiD Online.

This book gathers the latest developments in modern cartography, ranging from the innovative approaches being pursued at national mapping agencies and topographic mapping, to new trends in the fields of Atlas Cartography, Cartographic Modelling, Multimedia Cartography, Historical Cartography and Cartographic Education. Europe can look back on a long and outstanding history in the field of Cartography and Geoinformation Science. Its rich and leading role in the domain of cartography is proven by contributions from various countries and with a diverse range of backgrounds.

Presents proceedings from a contemporary modern cartography conference

Introduces a mixture of research on three core topics: big data, innovative technologies and graphic design

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