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Point Symbolization

Point Symbolization is a cartographic method within the broader class of map symbolization techniques that encodes geographic point data through visually distinct graphical marks to convey qualitative or quantitative attributes of discrete spatial phenomena.

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8

Authors

3

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Beyond Graduated Circles: Varied Point Symbols for Representing Quantitative Data on Maps

Cynthia A. Brewer, A. J. Campbell · Cartographic Perspectives · 1998 · 34 citations · Full text

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Point Symbols: Investigating Principles and Originality in Cartographic Design

Beata Medyńska-Gulij · The Cartographic Journal · 2008 · 33 citations

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Clutter Reduction Methods for Point Symbols in Map Mashups

Jari Korpi, Paula Ahonen‐Rainio · The Cartographic Journal · 2013 · 25 citations

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Tactile cartography: another view of tactile cartographic symbols

R. Rener · The Cartographic Journal · 1993 · 17 citations

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School Students' Mental Representations of Thematic Point Symbol Maps

Patrick Wiegand · The Cartographic Journal · 2002 · 14 citations

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Authors

8

  1. CA
    Cynthia A. Brewer

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  2. PC
    Paweł Cybulski

    Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  3. JK
    Jari Korpi

    Aalto University, Finland

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  4. PW
    Patrick Wiegand

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. PA
    Paula Ahonen‐Rainio

    Aalto University, Finland

    1 publications · 25 citations

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Institutions

3

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  2. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

    Poznan, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  3. Aalto University

    Espoo, Finland

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  4. National Technical University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. The Cartographic Journal

    4 publications · 89 citations

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  2. 1

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  3. Cartographic Perspectives

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  4. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

    IJGI · 1 publications · 11 citations

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