Cartography: Map design Flashcards
Elements found on almost all maps:
- Distance or scale
- Direction
- Legend
- Soruces of iformation and how processed.
Essential elements that are sensitive to Context:
- Title
- Projection
- Cartographer
- Date ex.) weather maps are time sensitive.
Selectively Used elements:
- Neatlines
- Locator Maps: Lets us know where that city is located in terms of country.
- Inset Maps: zoomed in
- Index Maps
Visual hierarchy:
How a map will be consumed when viewed. How we read it visually.
Cartographic Semiotics:
Theory of signs! The relationship between the referent and the symbol.
What is the referent?
The referent is the thing in reality
What does the symbol represent?
The referent
Semantics:
Relationship between a sign and what it signifies
Pragmatics
How is the sign used?
The cartographeres Visual Resources:
- shape
- hue
- orientation
- Value
- size
- texture
Levels of Data:
The amount of information stored in the data:
- ) Nominal (simplest)
- ) Ordinal
- ) Interval
- ) Ratio (can be calculated)
Levels of data Race example
- ) Nominal: Bib number in race.
- ) Ordinal: Finishing place in race.
- ) Interval: Difference between first finisher and yourself
- ) Ratio: Ratio of your time to finish race with that of your competitors.
Nominal data:
Data is put into classes with distinct labels or names. Classes have no relationship to one another and are given no relative value. (eye colour is an example)
Ordinal:
- Data can be placed in ranked categories
- Categories are differentiated by position in the ranked scale.
- Values can be greater or less than one another.
- Differences CAN NOT be measured. (ex.) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Interval:
Data is given a value that is based ona fixed scale with no true zero value.
