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Map Symbolization

Map Symbolization is a cartographic design process by which geographic features and their attributes are encoded and represented on a map through systematically defined graphic symbols and visual variables to communicate their meaning.

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Guidelines for the Display of Attribute Certainty

Michael Leitner, Barbara P. Buttenfield · Cartography and Geographic Information Science · 2000 · 122 citations

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Cognitive Transformation of Information from Urban Geographic Fields to Mental Maps

Robert J. Beck, Denis Wood · Environment and Behavior · 1976 · 100 citations

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SOME Truth with Maps: A Primer on Symbolization and Design

Jeffrey C. Patton · Cartographic Perspectives · 1995 · 92 citations · Full text

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Maps: finding our place in the world

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 91 citations

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Tactual Strip Maps as Navigational Aids

R. G. Golledge · Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness · 1991 · 81 citations

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Authors

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    Alan M. MacEachren

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    6 publications · 200 citations

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  2. RE
    Robert E. Roth

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    4 publications · 80 citations

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  3. AC
    Anthony C. Robinson

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    4 publications · 72 citations

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  4. AL
    Amy Lobben

    University of Oregon, United States

    3 publications · 109 citations

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  5. ML
    Megan Lawrence

    University of Oregon, United States

    3 publications · 109 citations

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Institutions

100

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    289 citations

  2. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    253 citations

  3. Universidade Federal do Paraná

    Curitiba, Brazil

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    118 citations

  4. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    72 citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    62 citations

  6. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    216 citations

  7. Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    141 citations

  8. Nanjing Normal University

    Nanjing, China

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    243 citations

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  2. The Cartographic Journal

    12 publications · 277 citations

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  3. Cartography and Geographic Information Science

    11 publications · 431 citations

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  4. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

    JVIB · 5 publications · 188 citations

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  5. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

    IJGI · 5 publications · 104 citations

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