Further Developments in the Theory and Practice of Cybercartography: International Dimensions and Language Mapping (Modern Cartography Series, Volume 7, Band 9) - Softcover

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Dr D. R. Fraser Taylor is Chancellor's Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He has been recognized as one of the world’s leading cartographers and a pioneer in the introduction of the use of the computer in cartography. He has served as the president of the International Cartographic Association from 1987 to 1995. Also, in 2008, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his achievements. He was awarded the Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal in August 2013. This highest award of the International Cartographic Association honours cartographers of outstanding merit who have made significant contributions of an original nature to the field of cartography.

He produced two of the world’s first computer atlases in 1970. His many publications continue to have a major impact on the field. In 1997, he introduced the innovative new paradigm of cybercartography. He and his team are creating a whole new genre of online multimedia and multisensory atlases including several in cooperation with indigenous communities. He has also published several influential contributions to development studies and many of his publications deal with the relationship between cartography and development in both a national and an international context.

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Further Developments in the Theory and Practice of Cybercartography is the third, substantively updated edition of a classic text on cybercartography, presenting new and returning readers alike with the latest advances in the field. It continues to examine the major elements of cybercartography and embraces an interactive, dynamic, multisensory format with the use of multimedia and multimodal interfaces.

Material covering the major elements, key ideas, and definitions of cybercartography is newly supplemented by several chapters on two emerging areas of study: International Dimensions and Language Mapping. In addition to expanding upon the work done with indigenous communities in the previous edition, this volume’s broader international focus includes developments in Mexico, Brazil, Denmark, Iran, and Kyrgyzstan, demonstrating how insights emerge when cybercartography is applied in different cultural contexts. Meanwhile, other chapters contain case studies by a talented group of linguists who are breaking new ground by applying cybercartography to language mapping, providing new ways of understanding the distribution and movement of language and culture.

Further Developments in the Theory and Practice of Cybercartography is a critical resource for university faculty, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates in cartography, geography, linguistics, and rural community development or indigenous studies, as well as policymakers at the local level in Mexico, Brazil, Canada, and indigenous communities.