Classics in cartography : reflections on influential articles from Cartographica / edited by Martin Dodge ; with a foreword by Jeremy W. Crampton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What are the 'classic' articles in cartography? / Martin Dodge -- Section One: Epistemological Practice. -- 2. Algorithms for the Reduction of the Number of Points Required to Represent a Digitized Line or its Caricature (1973) / David H. Douglas and Thomas K. Peucker -- 3. Reflection Essay: Algorithms for the Reduction of the Number of Points Required to Represent a Digitized Line or its Caricature / Tom Poiker and David Douglas -- 4. The Nature of Boundaries on 'Area-Class' Maps (1989) / David M. Mark and Ferenc Csillag -- 5. Reflection Essay: The Nature of Boundaries on 'Area-Class' Maps / David M. Mark -- 6. Strategies for the Visualization of Geographic Time-Series Data (1990) / Mark Monmonier -- 7. Reflection Essay: Strategies for the Visualization of Geographic Time-Series Data / Mark Monmonier -- 8. PPGIS in Community Development Planning: Framing the Organizational Context (2001) / Sarah Elwood and Rina Ghose -- 9. Reflection Essay: PPGIS in Community Development Planning / Sarah Elwood and Rina Ghose -- Section Two: Ontological Understanding. -- 10. Cartographic Communication and Geographic Understanding (1976) / Leonard Guelke

11. Reflection Essay:Cartographic Communication and Geographic Understanding / Mordechai (Muki) Haklay and Catherine Emma (Kate) Jones -- 12. A Conceptual Framework and Comparison of Spatial Data Models (1984) / Donna J. Peuquet -- 13. Reflection Essay: A Conceptual Framework and Comparison of Spatial Data Models / Jeremy Mennis -- 14. Designs on Signs: Myth and Meaning in Maps (1986) / Denis Wood and John Fels -- 15. Reflection Essay: Designs on Signs-Myth and Meaning in Maps / Denis Wood and John Fels -- Section Three: Politics and Society. -- 16. Deconstructing the Map (1989) / J.B. Harley -- 17. Reflection Essay: Deconstructing the Map / Jeremy W. Crampton -- 18. Cartography Without 'Progress': Reinterpreting the Nature and Historical Development of Mapmaking (1993) / Matthew H. Edney -- 19. Reflection Essay: Progress and the Nature of 'Cartography' / Matthew H. Edney -- 20. Between Demythologizing and Deconstructing the Map: Shawnadithit's New-Found-Land and the Alienation of Canada (1995) / Matthew Sparke -- 21. The Look of Surveillance Returns: Reflection Essay: Between Demythologizing and Deconstructing the Map / Matt Sparke

This title provides an intellectually-driven reinterpretation of a selection of ten touchstone articles in the development of mapping scholarship over the last four decades. The 'classics' are drawn exclusively from the international peer-review journal 'Cartographica' and are reprinted in full here.