Abstract
Maps under the global condition: a new tool to study the evolution of cartographic language
Highlights
Maps are a means of communication with their own language. This contribution makes a methodological proposal for a tool for to analyse the cartographic language of thematic maps and atlases
Based on the work of Jacques Bertin and on approaches of the Visual Studies, this methodology works on decoding maps in terms of their basic elements, the signs and graphic objects that compose them
On the example of spatial entities, the first part of this contribution introduces the semiotic analysis-scheme for thematic maps
Summary
This contribution makes a methodological proposal for a tool for to analyse the cartographic language of thematic maps and atlases. Based on the work of Jacques Bertin and on approaches of the Visual Studies, this methodology works on decoding maps in terms of their basic elements, the signs and graphic objects that compose them. We are interested in the cartographic languages of maps used in atlases.
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