Mechanization and the Area Symbol / Cartographic Techniques in 19th Century Geographical Journals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | KAREN SEVERUD PEARSON (Department of Natural Resources / State of Alaska) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1-34 |
| Publication date | 1983-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/d758-uql7-1766-1050 |
| OpenAlex | W2138207767 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The introduction of mechanized techniques for creating a variety of patterns, tones, and colors expanded the graphic vocabulary of area symbols on maps during the nineteenth century. Overall, cartography advanced during this period from direct manual execution of the printing image to mechanical transfer of a preprinting image to the printing surface. Following in the wake of the more rapid mechanization of the line image, area-image techniques evolved from machine ruling to the photographic halftone screen. The impact on a specific type of map, the geographical journal illustration, is here viewed against general trends in cartography. By the close of the nineteenth century, the geographical journal maps had reached the threshold of the photographic era, and a readjustment of cartographic design to fit the new technology was clearly in store
Aesthetics · Art · Cartography · Geography · Halftone · Image (mathematics · Line (geometry · Linguistics · Period (music · Symbol (formal · Variety (cybernetics · Visual arts · Vocabulary · Computer Science · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Historical Geography and Cartography · Mathematics · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |