Theories of map design in the digital era

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 71-75

  Li, Zhilin ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; MAPPING METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 84865764829     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/1523040639271     Document Type: Article

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