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Why North Is Up: Map Conventions and Where They Came From

Autor Mick Ashworth
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 aug 2019
Many people have a love of maps. But what lies behind the process of map-making? How have cartographers through the centuries developed their craft and established a language of maps which helps them to better represent our world and help users to understand it?

This book tells the story of how widely accepted mapping conventions originated and evolved—from map orientation, projections, typography, and scale, to the use of color, symbols, ways of representing relief, and the treatment of boundaries and place names. It charts the fascinating story of how conventions have changed in response to new technologies and ever-changing mapping requirements, how symbols can be a matter of life or death, why universal acceptance of conventions can be difficult to achieve, and how new mapping conventions are developing to meet the needs of modern cartography. Why North is Up offers an accessible and enlightening guide to the sometimes hidden techniques of map-making through the centuries.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781851245192
ISBN-10: 1851245197
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 108 color plates
Dimensiuni: 178 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.91 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Colecția Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Notă biografică

Mick Ashworth is director of Ashworth Maps and Interpretation Ltd and consultant editor to The Times Atlas of the World. He is also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a former president of the British Cartographic Society.
 

Recenzii

"Elegantly written and beautifully illustrated, Why North is Up tells you everything you need to know about the signs, symbols and science behind map-making. It will also reveal a few things you didn’t know about maps. Essential reading for any map lover."
 

"In this handsome and informative book, Mick Ashworth picks through the conventions that have shaped cartography thus far, in a lively narrative augmented by lavish illustrations of the maps in question. For map addicts and casual bystanders alike, this is a terrific work that both entertains and enlightens."
 

"Ashworth has met his goal of providing a background on the origins and role of mapping conventions, and he does so with interesting stories, beautiful maps, and a comprehensive list of topics presented in succinct chapters...This book can serve as a reference for cartographic scholars while also being an enjoy-able read for anyone interested in the history of maps and mapmaking."

"The book is full of information, but it reads also as a well-rounded argument on the intricacies and complexities of maps and their conventions. Under the general name of “map conventions”, the author creates a fascinating investigation into the back-and-forth between ‘reality’ and ‘representation’, scientific pathos for objectivity and artistic beauty, technologies and power plays, ideologies and geographical placeness, and names and places."