Understanding chorematic diagrams: Towards a taxonomy

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-350

  Reimer, Andreas W ^a  

^a Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

cartography; choremes; generalisation

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; DIAGRAM; GIS; MAP GENERALIZATION; MAP GRAPHICS; MAPPING METHOD;

FRANCE;

EID: 78650575878     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: 17432774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000870410X12825500202896     Document Type: Article

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