« An instant classic when first published in 1991, How to Lie with Maps revealed how the choices mapmakers makeconscious
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Table of contents :
Introduction --
Elements of the map --
Map generalization: little white lies and lots of them --
Blunders that mislead --
Color: attraction and distraction --
Maps that advertise --
Development maps (or, how to seduce the town board) --
Maps for political propaganda --
Maps, defense, and disinformation: fool thine enemy --
Large-scale mapping, culture, and the national interest --
Data maps: a thicket of thorny choices --
Image maps: picture that --
Prohibitive cartography: maps that say "no!" --
Fast maps: animated, interactive, or mobile --
Epilogue.