Michael WOOD

Kartografia na prahu nového tisícročia

Wood, M.: Cartography at the threshold of the new millennium. Kartografické listy, 1999, 7, 3 refs.

Abstract: This paper deals with the origins and cognitive background of cartography, with the cartographic legacy of the Second millenium, with changes during the last half century and with the advantages of collaboration in science. Also it deals with basic mapping and the development of spatial data infrastructres. Today map production is characterized.

Keywords: Cartography, spatial thinking, visualization of spatial data, tradiuonal and computer map creation