Cartography: an introduction. ISBN 978-0-904482-23-2 UK Price £4.99. Available online at www.cartography.org.uk.
In 2006 The British Cartographic Society (BCS) launched its Better Mapping Campaign providing a series of seminars on how to produce better maps. The series was repeated in 2008 in conjunction with The Association for Geographic Information and more are planned for 2009.
All but a few courses in Cartography have vanished in UK with the remainder being taught as a module within GIS courses. As mapping becomes a more valuable component in the assimilation and understanding of geographic data, it is even more relevant that those data are presented in clear and legible form. Cartography is all about communication and the effectiveness of that communication is determined by the quality of the map. Read More...
