Re: The Semantics of Maps?

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From: csimard
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 00:04

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>From:          goldsmig@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU
>Organization:  The Claremont Graduate School
>Subject:       The Semantics of Maps?

>Is there some source which describes with some degree of rigor the
>semantics
>portrayed in maps?  Perhaps another way to ask the question (to GIS
>programmers
>and analysts) is:  Has a conceptual (or logical) data model been
>developed
>for some of the fundamental information content of maps?  Thanks
>for any
>replies.
>
>George Goldsmith
>

Jacques BERTIN is probably THE specialist in the semiology of
cartographic representation.....  his work has been translated in
english I think...
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