Mapping Time
Illustrated by Minard's Map of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812
Published on 12. June 2014
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-58948-312-5 (ISBN)
Description
Mapping Time: Illustrated by Minard's Map of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 considers the cartographic challenge of visualizing time on a map. Inspired by graphic innovator Charles Minard's classic map of France's disastrous invasion of Russia, this book combines historical and geographic analysis with cartographic visualizations of mapping change over time. It includes more than 100 full-color illustrations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Redlands
United States
Publishing group
ESRI Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
109 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 279 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-58948-312-5 (9781589483125)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
08/2014
1st Edition
Esri Press
€39.89
Available for download
Person
Menno-Jan Kraak is professor of geovisual analytics and cartography in the department of geoinformation science and earth observation (ITC), University of Twente, The Netherlands. He has written more than 200 publications on cartography and GIS, most notably, with Ormeling, the textbook Cartography, Visualization of Geospatial Data (Pearson Education, 2010), which has been translated into five languages.
Content
Preface
Introduction: Maps tell time
1 Napoleon's Russian campaign
About Gerrit Janz Kraak
2 Minard's map
2.1The 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 maps
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
Reviewing Napoleon's battle record
What happened at the crossing of the Berezina River?
7 Reflection
References
Credits
Index -- Esri
Introduction: Maps tell time
1 Napoleon's Russian campaign
About Gerrit Janz Kraak
2 Minard's map
2.1The 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 maps
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
Reviewing Napoleon's battle record
What happened at the crossing of the Berezina River?
7 Reflection
References
Credits
Index -- Esri