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The Artistic Elements in Map Design
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The role of art in the production of a map involves the concept of beauty in respect of various elements of cartography, such as generalisation, symbolisation, color, layout, typography as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
The role of art in the production of a map involves the concept of beauty in respect of various elements of cartography—generalisation, symbolisation, colour, layout, typography.read more
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Reasserting Design Relevance in Cartography: Some Concepts
Kenneth Field,Damien Demaj +1 more
TL;DR: In the first part of a two-part paper as mentioned in this paper, the authors explore what we mean by map design and how we might evaluate it and apply it in a practical sense, considering the value of aesthetics and also discuss the role of art in cartography taking account of some recent debates that bring meaning to how we think about design.
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From a Dry Statement of Facts to a Thing of Beauty: Understanding Aesthetics in the Mapping and Counter-Mapping of Place
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the function of aesthetics in the cartographic representation of place and suggest how an appropriate wielding of the aesthetic language of cartography can communicate a sense of place more effectively.
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The map-users' response to map design
TL;DR: Focused enquiries into how readers react to map images during the early stages of viewing may provide more immediately-applicable guidelines for the developers of graphic design-support programs for desk-top mapping.
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Aesthetic Preferences for the Proportions and Forms of Graticules
TL;DR: In addition to their mathematical and cartographic characteristics, earth graticules can be viewed as simple geometric forms having certain properties of shape, proportion, size, and texture as mentioned in this paper.
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Towards a Deeper Understanding of Cartographic Text Visualisation: Assessment of User Preferences and Colour Influence
TL;DR: In this article, the influence of a map's background color on user preferences regarding labels' typography, including their size, shape, orientation and texture, was investigated, and the results indicated that the typographic design of the map labels should not be adapted according to the map map background color.
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Quo Vadis
TL;DR: Sám o sobě říkával, že se ráno probouzí jakoby zdřevěnělý a neschopen soustředit myšlenky přestávalo Petroniovi nějak sloužit zdraví.
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Research in Cartographic Design
TL;DR: There are many user-oriented questions in cartographic design that can be answered through research and there are both indirect and direct methods that may be employed in their investigation as mentioned in this paper, which can be classified as direct or indirect.