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How to Lie with Maps

Monmonier, Mark
Publisher:  University of Chicago Press
Year Published:  2018   First Published:  1991
Pages:  256pp  
Resource Type:  Book

How to Lie with Maps revealed how the choices mapmakers make -- consciously or unconsciously -- mean that every map inevitably presents only one of many possible stories about the places it depicts.

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An instant classic when first published in 1991, How to Lie with Maps revealed how the choices mapmakers make—consciously or unconsciously—mean that every map inevitably presents only one of many possible stories about the places it depicts. The principles Mark Monmonier outlined back then remain true today, despite significant technological changes in the making and use of maps. The introduction and spread of digital maps and mapping software, however, have added new wrinkles to the ever-evolving landscape of modern mapmaking.

?Fully updated for the digital age, this new edition of How to Lie with Maps examines the myriad ways that technology offers new opportunities for cartographic mischief, deception, and propaganda. While retaining the same brevity, range, and humor as its predecessors, this third edition includes significant updates throughout as well as new chapters on image maps, prohibitive cartography, and online maps. It also includes an expanded section of color images and an updated list of sources for further reading.



Table of Contents:

Preface to the Third Edition
1. Introduction
2. Elements of the Map
3. Map Generalization: Little White Lies and Lots of Them
4. Blunders That Mislead
5. Color: Attraction and Distraction
6. Maps That Advertise
7. Development Maps (Or, How to Seduce the Town Board)
8. Maps for Political Propaganda
9. Maps, Defense, and Disinformation: Fool Thine Enemy
10. Large-Scale Mapping, Culture, and the National Interest
11. Data Maps: A Thicket of Thorny Choices
12. Image Maps: Picture That
13. Prohibitive Cartography: Maps That Say “No!”
14. Fast Maps: Animated, Interactive, or Mobile
15. Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Latitude and Longitude
Selected Readings for Further Exploration
Sources of Illustrations
Index

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