Humorous maps: Explorations of an alternative cartography

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-64

  Caquard, Sébastien ^a   Dormann, Claire ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAPS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ALTERNATIVE CARTOGRAPHY; GEOSPATIAL FACT; HUMOROUS MAP; SOCIETAL COMMENTARY;

MAPPING;

CARTOGRAPHY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MAP; MAPPING METHOD;

EID: 39849106019     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304008783475670     Document Type: Article

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