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Author: Caitlin Dempsey
• 2/19/07 • Categorized as Internet Mapping
The Los Angeles Times had an interesting front page article the other week about the web sites that are dedicated to exploring and posting interesting tidbits found online at Google Maps, Google Earth and Microsoft’s Live Search Maps.
The Look of Maps: An Examination of Cartographic Design is a cartographic classic by Arthur H. Robinson originally published in 1952. The book was based on Robinson’s doctoral research “which investigated the relationship between science and art in cartography and the resultant refinement of graphic techniques in mapmaking to present dynamic geographic information.”