Kartographie 3

- use of graphics to faciliate thinking, problem solving and decision making

- means in the process of understanding rather than the communication of what is finally understood

three side of a cube:

- content: presenting the known (cartography) or unknown (geovisualisation)

- interaction: low (cartography) or high (geovisualisation)

- audience: public (cartography) or privat (geovisualisation)

13 components

A triangle:

thematic: statistical maps, graphs, diagrams, distribution maps

weather maps

navigational: digital way-finder, GPS, aero-/hydronautical carts

road maps

reference: atlas, globe

satellite image map

thematic

-> In the middle: topographic maps

-storage of spatial information, dictionary of features: land, water, landmarks

-give answer to spatial questions. where?, what?, when?

-show distribution of phenomena in space for a specific purpose

- illustrate spatial patterns; base map is reference, thematic overlay

- tell a story: qualitativ and quantitative informationa

guide for movement in space (where to go?, how far?, how to geth there?)

-> aid in desicion making

-> categories are fuzzy , overlapping, many classifixation schemes exist, all types of maps include generalisation and other common attributes

- map types as a funciton of diversity of human needs and purposes

- human need to comunicate information for a particular goal

- map as a human activity: from map in the head to actual map

Map Models from S. 26-30 VL3