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Web Cartography
book

Web Cartography

by Ian Muehlenhaus
December 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
262 pages
8h 5m
English
CRC Press
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Human-Map Interactivity
Introduction
The biggest difference between designing maps for print versus the Web
is that we no longer design for map readers but map users. This change in
terminology is important. People interact and manipulate Web maps. We
no longer need to attempt to design a one-size-ts-all, optimal form of data
communication. These days, it is imperative that we design our maps to
be interactive and responsive to a map user’s needs to facilitate commu-
nication that is more effective. Sure, map readers could also manipulate
and interact with paper maps. Paper maps can be moved further away or
closer to one’s eyes, trimmed with ...
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