How to lie with maps
Mark S. Monmonier (Author)
To show how maps distort, Monmonier introduces basic principles of mapmaking, gives entertaining examples of the misuse of maps in situations from zoning disputes to census reports, and covers all the typical kinds of distortions from deliberate oversimplifications to the misleading use of color
eBook, English, 1996
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University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1996
[Literature]
1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
9780226029009, 022602900X
1201182136
Introduction
Elements of the map
Map generalization: little white lies and lots of them
Blunders that mislead
Maps that advertise
Development maps (or, How to seduce the town board)
Maps for political propaganda
Maps, defense, and disinformation: fool thine enemy
Large-scale mapping, culture, and the national interest
Data maps: making nonsense of the census
Color: attraction and distraction
Multimedia, experiential maps, and graphic scripts
Epilogue
Appendix: Latitude and longitude
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