ABSTRACT
Mapping is a fundamental geographical activity, and as both an academic and a practical subject cartography has a very long and very well-documented history (see any textbook on cartography, e.g. Keates 1973; Cuff and Mattson 1982; Dent 1985; Robinson et al. 1995; Jones 1997; Dorling and Fairbairn 1997; https://www.geosys.com/cgi-bin/genobject/cartography/tig.3eed/" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.geosys.com/cgi-bin/genobject/cartography/tig.3eed/). A great deal of theoretical and practical research has been undertaken over the years in all areas of the subject, including work on map projections and coordinate systems, map design (e.g. use of colour, symbols, legibility and composition), visualisation and communication, cartograms, journalistic and propaganda maps, 3D terrain models, and generalisation, to mention but a few.
