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Linklist according to the lecture:
Linklist according to the lecture: »Perception of Cartographic Representations« 8. Sept.




Script: »Perception of Cartographic Representations«

Tutorial according to the 1st part of our lecture on 8. april: »Cartographic Representations as Visual Communication Tool«

 Here the link: Map showing the change in History of Montclair, NJ (USA)   as a map, a satellit or hybrid projection
 and the link: Westport Teardowns; Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut (USA)
 interactive map

 also the link: Changing Face of Southeast; Washington, DC(USA)
  interactive map




Tutorial according to the 2nd part of our lecture on 8. april: »Create a Cartographic Representation of one principal topic of Argentina«

 May help: Mapas de Argentina: mapa politico, mapa fisico, mapa hidrografico, mapa climatico
 May help also: World maps from the CIA World Factbook



Discover Maps

Karttakeskus / Map Center of Finland
Find everything you need araound tube stations in London
Helsinki Pääkaupunkiseudun opaskartta / Helsinki Map Service
Townmap Berlin
The »Asian Highway Handbook«
 developed by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific;
 Publication with Full Text: Online PDF

ESA Paikallistiedotus Suomi: Iani Chaos region on Mars; Ensimmäiset Marsin suunnistuskartat
 European Space Agency


Immerse yourself in the topic: »Cartographic Communication«
 developed by Kenneth E. Foote and Shannon Crum,
 Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder (USA)


Dynamic maps

»AirTraffic«: watch swiss realtime air traffic
 Diplomawork, Zürich School of Engeneering, Winterthur (CH)

Dynamic Maps: »Mount St. Helens« Volcano (USDA)
»US Route 202« - Philadelphia Area: Northbound RT-1/Baltimore Pk to Dannehower Brg incl. jam warning
German Traffic State in »Ruhrgebiet« Area
Suomen Tiehallinto Kelikamerat
Dynamic Statistical Map: City of Santa Monica, California, available parking space



Additional Information

Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before:
 Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, using equal area cartograms where territories are re-sized on each map
 according to a particular variable.

New ways to see the world: Peters Maps, Population Maps, and a variety of South-up maps
  it's a shop


Cartographic history: The Cartographic Creation of »New England«
Introduction ›Map Projections‹
 variety of map projections and how each of the basic types is created

»New Directions in Wayfinding« By Joseph J. Devanney
 download article about ›Joel Katz‹ designer of the Philadelphia (USA) wayfinding system

Theoretical background: »Perception of Cartographic Representations as Visual Communication Tool«
 PhD Thesis by Immelyn Domnick

Aleksey V. Amantov: »Changes in Geological Maps as a Result of Computational Techniques«

Useful Google Earth Graphing/Drawing Tools

British Army on Everest

Wayfinding, Navigointi

How GPS Works
Volvo Navigation System / RTI map (whats in there?)



Literature:

Harmon, Katharine (Editor): ›You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination‹;
   ISBN-13: 978-1568984308
Turchi, Peter: ›Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer‹;
   ISBN-13: 978-1595340412



Hobby pilot for Gamers (please not during the lecture!)

Google Earth's Hidden Surprise: »A Flight Simulator«



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