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"How to Lie With Maps" was published by University of Chicago Press in 1996 - Chicago, it has 207 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: How to Lie With Maps
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 207
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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  • Publish Location: Chicago

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Weight: 9.1 ounces
  • Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Pagination: xiii, 207 p. :

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"How to Lie With Maps" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Foreword
  • 2- Acknowledgments
  • 3- Introduction
  • 4- Elements of the Map
  • 5- Scale
  • 6- Map Projections
  • 7- Map Symbols
  • 8- Map Generalization: Little White Lies and Lots of Them
  • 9- Geometry
  • 10- Content
  • 11- Intuition and Ethics in Map Generalization
  • 12- Blunders That Mislead
  • 13- Cartographic Carelessness
  • 14- Deliberate Blunders
  • 15- Distorted Graytones: Not Getting What the Map Author Saw
  • 16- Temporal Inconsistency: What a Difference a Day (or Year or Decade) Makes
  • 17- Maps That Advertise
  • 18- Transport Ads: Gentle Lines and Well-Connected Cities
  • 19- Enticement and Accessibility: Ad Maps with a Single-Place Focus
  • 20- Numerousness and Territoriality: Ad Maps Touting Success and Convenience
  • 21- Development Maps (or, How to Seduce the Town Board)
  • 22- Zoning, Environmental Protection, and Maps
  • 23- Eleven Rules for Polishing the Cartographic Image
  • 24- Your Turn: The Assessment Review
  • 25- Maps for Political Propaganda
  • 26- Cartographic Icons Big and Small: Maps as Symbols of Power and Nationhood
  • 27- Size, Sympathy, Threats, and Importance
  • 28- Propaganda Maps and History: In Search of Explanation and Justification
  • 29- Arrows, Circles, Place-Names, and Other Cartographic Assault Weapons
  • 30- Maps, Defense, and Disinformation: Fool Thine Enemy
  • 31- Defense and a Secure Cartographic Database
  • 32- Soviet Cartography, the Cold War, and Displaced Places
  • 33- Features Not Shown, Maps Not Made
  • 34- Large-Scale Mapping, Culture, and the National Interest
  • 35- Standards and Specifications
  • 36- Cartographic Agendas
  • 37- Data Maps: Making Nonsense of the Census
  • 38- Aggregation, Homogeneity, and Areal Units
  • 39- Aggregation, Classification, and Outliers
  • 40- Classification, Correlation, and Visual Perception
  • 41- Places, Time, and Small Numbers
  • 42- Indexes, Rates, and Rates of Change
  • 43- Color: Attraction and Distraction
  • 44- The Phenomenon of Color
  • 45- Color on Maps
  • 46- Multimedia, Experiential Maps, and Graphic Scripts
  • 47- Of Mice and Menus
  • 48- Graphic Narratives
  • 49- Epilogue
  • 50- Appendix: Latitude and Longitude
  • 51- Selected Readings for Further Exploration
  • 52- Sources of Illustrations
  • 53- Index

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Not only is it easy to lie with maps, it's essential.

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"Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. As Monmonier shows, maps not only point the way and provide information, maps lie. In fact, they must.". "The second edition is updated with the addition of two new chapters, 10 color plates, and a new foreword by renowned geographer H. J. de Blij. One new chapter examines the role of national interest and cultural values in national mapping organizations, including the United States Geological Survey, while the other explores the latest technology in multimedia, computer-based maps.". "To show how maps distort, Monmonier introduces basic principles of mapmaking, gives entertaining examples of the misuse of maps in situations from zoning disputes to census reports, and covers all the typical kinds of distortions from deliberate oversimplifications to the misleading use of color."--BOOK JACKET.

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