Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization 

About: Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization is an academic journal published by University of Toronto Press. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Cartographic generalization & Geographic information system. It has an ISSN identifier of 0317-7173. Over the lifetime, 1009 publications have been published receiving 22487 citations. The journal is also known as: International journal for geographic information and geovisualization.

Algorithms for the reduction of the number of points required to represent a digitized line or its caricature

Abstract: All digitizing methods, as a general rule, record lines with far more data than is necessary for accurate graphic reproduction or for computer analysis. Two algorithms to reduce the number of points required to represent the line and, if desired, produce caricatures, are presented and compared with the most promising methods so far suggested. Line reduction will form a major part of automated generalization. Regle generale, les methodes numeriques enregistrent des lignes avec beaucoup plus de donnees qu'il n'est necessaire a la reproduction graphique precise ou a la recherche par ordinateur. L'auteur presente deux algorithmes pour reduire le nombre de points necessaires pour representer la ligne et produire des caricatures si desire, et les compare aux methodes les plus prometteuses suggerees jusqu'ici. La reduction de la ligne constituera une partie importante de la generalisation automatique.

Deconstructing the map

Abstract: The paper draws on ideas in postmodern thinking to redefine the nature of maps as representations of power. The traditional rules of cartography – long rooted in a scientific epistemology of the map as an objective form of knowledge – will first be reviewed as an object of deconstruction. Second, a deconstructionist argument will explore the textuality of maps, including their metaphorical and rhetorical nature. Third, the paper will examine the dimensions both of external power and of the omnipresence of internal power in the cartographic representation of place. Cet article s'aventure dans des concepts post-modernes afin de redefinir la nature des cartes comme etant des representations du pouvoir. Longuement enracinees dans une epistemologie scientifique de la carte comme forme objective de connaissance, les regles traditionnelles de la cartographie seront d'abord revues en tant qu'objets de "deconstruction". Ensuite, les arguments d'un "deconstructioniste" exploreront la "textualite" des cartes, y comp...

How Maps Work

Abstract: This paper proposes a new definition of the map. It is argued that a map is a weapon in the fight for social dominion, one disguised as a representation of the world, but which in reality links territory with what comes with it (with voting rights or military service obligations, with rates of rainfall or types of vegetation). The map achieves this linkage by fusing onto a common plane (that of the map) multicoded images of the very world the map itself will bring into being. Cet article propose une nouvelle definition de la carte. On soutient que la carte est une arme dans le combat pour la domination sociale, arme deguisee en representation du monde, mais qui en realite lie territoire avec ce qui l'accompagne (avec le droit de vote ou le service militaire obligatoire, avec les taux de precipitations ou les types de vegetation). La carte accomplit cette liaison en fusionnant sur un meme plan — celui de la carte — des images multicodees de ce meme monde que la carte elle-meme va creer.s

A Framework For Temporal Geographic Information

Abstract: This paper defines the critical components of cartographic time and compares temporal and spatial topologies. Because time is topologically similar to space, spatial data structuring principles can be adapted to temporal data. We present three conceptualizations of temporal geographic information and select one as the most promising basis for a temporal geographic information system. This conceptualization creates a spatial composite of all geometric information (at all times), where each object has an attribute history distinct from that of its neighbors.

A conceptual framework and comparison of spatial data models.

Abstract: This paper examines the major types of spatial data models currently known and places these models in a comprehensive framework. This framework is used to provide clarification of how varying data models, as well as their inherent advantages and disadvantages, are interrelated. It also provides an insight into how these conflicting demands may be balanced in a more systematic and predictable manner for practical applications, and reveals directions for needed future research. On examine les principaux types de modeles de donnees spatiales actuels, et on les place dans un cadre global. Ce cadre est utilise pour eclaircir comment ces divers modeles spatiaux, de meme que leurs avantages et desavantages, sont interrelies. Le cadre laisse aussi voir comment ces demandes contradictoires peuvent etre equilibrees d'une facon plus systematique et previsible pour des applications pratiques, et revele les directions que doit prendre la recherche future.