Format:
1 online resource (168 pages)
ISBN:
9781589483668
Content:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Maps tell time -- 1 Napoleon's Russian campaign -- About Gerrit Janz Kraak -- 2 Minard's map -- 2.1 The map -- About Minard -- 2.2 Minard's work -- 2.3 Mapping 1812 -- As a historical event -- Inspired by Minard -- Curiosities -- 3 Time -- 3.1 What about time? -- 3.2 Types of time -- 3.3 Events and change -- 3.4 Questions and time -- 3.5 Temporal data visualization and time-space -- 4 Maps, data, and design -- 4.1 Map basics -- 4.2 Map data analysis -- 4.3 Map design -- 5 Maps and time -- 5.1 Map narrative -- 5.2 Expressing change -- Change from object perspective -- Change from attribute perspective -- Change from location perspective -- Change and Minard's representation of Napoleon's Russian campaign -- Change and the map background -- 5.3 Change in a single map -- Flow line map -- Cartograms -- Space-time cube -- A third dimension -- 5.4 Change in a series of maps -- 5.5 Change in animation -- 6 Maps and temporal exploration -- 6.1 From presentation to exploration -- Mapping environment -- Representation -- Design guidelines -- Visualization strategies -- 6.2 Exploring -- Examining Napoleon's battle record -- What happened at the crossing of the Berezina River? -- 7 Reflection -- References -- Credits -- Index -- Back cover.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781589483125
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781589483125
Language:
English
