Hi Janet.

Have you considered Judith Tyner (2015) The world of maps : map reading and interpretation for the 21st century?

Judy is a master teacher and author. Her explanations are readable and understandable. World of Maps is written so that readers can pick and choose the chapters they need; a reading of the initial chapters is not needed to understand the later. I’m not certain that World of Maps includes everything that you listed in your e-mail but a number of topics do appear.

jmj

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From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Janet Reyes
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Subject: Book recommendations: introduction to cartography and GIS for history students

Hello,

A faculty member in History has asked for recommendations for a book he could use for readings in an upcoming graduate seminar on “Nature, Space and Place in Historical Research.”

He’s looking for suggestions for “short, easily digestible readings about scale, raster versus vector, choropleth maps, census data, and metadata” – possibly a book that includes these discussions as chapters. He wants to help the History graduate students “think about maps as sources, problems in their construction, how maps lie, etc., and how to bring historic maps into a GIS.”

I’ve found a few contenders by searching around, but any recommendations you have on specific books would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you,

Janet Reyes
Geospatial Information Librarian
UCR Library | University of California, Riverside

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