Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, 8th Edition

Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, eighth edition, is a comprehensive, foundational textbook designed for the college curriculum. Updated with a new chapter highlighting map design, including web maps, the new edition also adds information about what’s going on with cartography today, including the use of imagery, remote sensing, and web concepts. Map Use provides students with the knowledge and skills to read and understand maps and offers professional cartographers a thorough reference resource. Nearly 600 full-color maps, photographs, and graphs illustrate the concepts behind communicating with maps, while an extensive glossary helps define key topics. Accommodating new developments in mapping, GPS, and geographic information system (GIS) technology, this newest edition renders basic cartographic principles accessible to all, from students of cartography and map design to those without a formal education in geography.

Table of Contents

Part I Map reading
Chapter 1 The Earth And Earth Coordinates
Chapter 2 Map Scale
Chapter 3 Map Projections
Chapter 4 Grid Coordinate Systems
Chapter 5 Land Partitioning
Chapter 6 Map Design Basics
Chapter 7 Qualitative Thematic Maps
Chapter 8 Quantitative Thematic Maps
Chapter 9 Relief Portrayal
Chapter 10 Image Maps
Chapter 11 Map Accuracy
Part II Map analysis
Chapter 12 Distance Finding
Chapter 13 Direction Finding And Compasses
Chapter 14 Position Finding And Navigation
Chapter 15 Spatial Feature Analysis
Chapter 16 Surface Analysis
Chapter 17 Spatial Pattern Analysis
Chapter 18 Spatial Association Analysis
Part III Map interpretation
Chapter 19 Interpreting The Lithosphere
Chapter 20 Interpreting The Atmosphere And Biosphere
Chapter 21 Interpreting The Human Landscape
Chapter 22 Maps And Reality