The Visual Linguistic Communication Of Maps

Geraldine Sarmiento of Mapzen has been exploring how cartographers communicate information virtually the globe to map readers through drawings on a ii dimensional surface. She examines how cartographers role uncomplicated lines to select movement, texture in addition to form.

In Explore the World of Form alongside Morphology Geraldine illustrates her thesis alongside examples taken from interactive maps. These examples include specific forms used inwards maps, such every bit airports (eight of the busiest airports inwards the globe tin hold out seen inwards the picture above), bridges, buildings in addition to roads.

When these forms are examined inwards isolation from the residuum of the map nosotros may start to amend empathise the visual linguistic communication used to communicate important to the map user. Geraldine has hence developed a tool which allows you lot to isolate specific forms on an interactive map. Morphology is an interactive map which allows you lot to written report forms inwards cartography past times isolating specific forms on the map. You tin role the drop-down carte to filter the map to present exclusively isolated forms. For example, if you lot select 'airports' from the carte so all the other map features volition hold out removed in addition to exclusively airports volition hold out shown on the map.