Ebook: The power of maps
Author: Denis Wood & John Fels
- Tags: Kartographie, Kartographie -- Rezeption, Kartenherstellung, Geography, Cartography, Maps, Mapping, Power, History, Politics, Semiotics, Signs, Social Science, Social Sciences, Human Geography, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography, Technology & Engineering, Cartography, Travel, Maps & Road Atlases
- Series: Mappings: Society/Theory/Space
- Year: 1992
- Publisher: The Guilford Press
- City: New York; London
- Language: English
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The author shows how maps are made to appear as unbiased reference objects, though they actually depict, like a photograph, a subjective point of view. He discusses the signs and myths inherent in maps and suggests ways to decode the interests implicit in their representation.
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