Things Maps Don't Tell Us

Things Maps Don't Tell Us
Author: Armin K. Lobeck
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1993-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226488772

A guide to discerning the gealogical history of an area through understanding the lines of rivers, mountains, and coasts on maps.

Things Maps Don't Tell Us

Things Maps Don't Tell Us
Author: Armin K. Lobeck
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993-06-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780226488776

"The book is a treasure trove of tidbits describing how the world around us came about. . . . Things Maps Don't Tell Us actually communicates a great deal about the things maps can tell us if we care to look carefully underneath the printed symbols."—James E. Young, Cartographic Perspectives

The Geography of Bliss

The Geography of Bliss
Author: Eric Weiner
Publisher: Twelve
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2008-01-03
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0446511072

Now a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? In a unique mix of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.

Maphead

Maphead
Author: Ken Jennings
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1439167184

Traces the history of mapmaking while offering insight into the role of cartography in human civilization and sharing anecdotes about the cultural arenas frequented by map enthusiasts.

How to Lie with Maps

How to Lie with Maps
Author: Mark Monmonier
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2018-04-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 022643608X

An updated edition of the “humorous, informative and perceptive” guide to how maps can lead us astray (Toronto Globe and Mail). An instant classic when first published in 1991, How to Lie with Maps revealed how the choices mapmakers make—consciously or unconsciously—mean that every map inevitably presents only one of many possible stories about the places it depicts. The principles Mark Monmonier outlined back then remain true today, despite significant technological changes in the making and use of maps. The introduction and spread of digital maps and mapping software, however, have added new wrinkles to the ever-evolving landscape of modern mapmaking. Fully updated for the digital age, this new edition of How to Lie with Maps examines the myriad ways that technology offers new opportunities for cartographic mischief, deception, and propaganda. While retaining the same brevity, range, and humor as its predecessors, this third edition includes significant updates throughout as well as new chapters on image maps, prohibitive cartography, and online maps. It also includes an expanded section of color images and an updated list of sources for further reading. Praise for previous editions of How to Lie with Maps “Will leave you much better defended against cheap atlases, shoddy journalism, unscrupulous advertisers, predatory special-interest groups, and others who may use or abuse maps at your expense.” —Christian Science Monitor

Maps

Maps
Author: James R. Akerman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

Introducing readers to a wide range of maps from different time periods and a variety of cultures, this book confirms the vital roles of maps throughout history in commerce, art, literature, and national identity.