Classics in Cartography: Reflections on influential articles from Cartographica

Foreword.

Acknowledgements.

1. What are the ‘classic’ articles in cartography? (Martin Dodge).

Section One: Epistemological Practice.

2. Algorithms for the Reduction of the Number of Points Required to Represent a Digitized Line or its Caricature (1973) (David H. Douglas and Thomas K. Peucker).

3. Reflection Essay: Algorithms for the Reduction of the Number of Points Required to Represent a Digitized Line or its Caricature (Tom Poiker and David Douglas).

4. The Nature of Boundaries on ‘Area-Class’ Maps (1989) (David M. Mark and Ferenc Csillag).

5. Reflection Essay: The Nature of Boundaries on ‘Area-Class’ Maps (David M. Mark).

6. Strategies for the Visualization of Geographic Time-Series Data (1990) (Mark Monmonier).

7. Reflection Essay: Strategies for the Visualization of Geographic Time-Series Data (Mark Monmonier).

8. PPGIS in Community Development Planning: Framing the Organizational Context (2001) (Sarah Elwood and Rina Ghose).

9. Reflection Essay: PPGIS in Community Development Planning (Sarah Elwood and Rina Ghose).

Section Two: Ontological Understanding.

10. Cartographic Communication and Geographic Understanding (1976) (Leonard Guelke).

11. Reflection Essay:Cartographic Communication and Geographic Understanding (Mordechai (Muki) Haklay and Catherine Emma (Kate) Jones).

12. A Conceptual Framework and Comparison of Spatial Data Models (1984) (Donna J. Peuquet).

13. Reflection Essay: A Conceptual Framework and Comparison of Spatial Data Models (Jeremy Mennis).

14. Designs on Signs: Myth and Meaning in Maps (1986) (Denis Wood and John Fels).

15. Reflection Essay: Designs on Signs/Myth and Meaning in Maps (Denis Wood and John Fels).

Section Three: Politics and Society.

16. Deconstructing the Map (1989) (J.B. Harley).

17. Reflection Essay: Deconstructing the Map (Jeremy W. Crampton). 

18. Cartography Without ‘Progress’: Reinterpreting the Nature and Historical Development of Mapmaking (1993) (Matthew H. Edney).

19. Reflection Essay: Progress and the Nature of ‘Cartography’(Jeremy W. Crampton). (Matthew H. Edney).

20. Between Demythologizing and Deconstructing the Map: Shawnadithit’s New-Found-Land and the Alienation of Canada (1995) (Matthew Sparke).

21. The Look of Surveillance Returns: Reflection Essay: Between Demythologizing and Deconstructing the Map (Matt Sparke).

Index