What is Analytical cartography?
Defined by Tobler, W. R. (1976) "Analytical cartography", The
American Cartographer, 3(1):21-31.
Describes a class at the University of Michigan, taught since the 1960s.
Precedence in Analytical Photogrammetry
"Solving cartographic problems"
"Analytical cartography is a sub-discipline of cartography that lies
behind much of the development in geographic information science."
"deals with the theoretical and mathematical background behind cartography
and the rules cartographers employed in the mapping process."
wholly integrated within spatial analysis in geography
Empirical versus analytical solutions
Computer Cartography
Background
Quantitative revolution in geography
Military GIS since WWII->CORONA->need for analytical photogrammetry
Problem of georectification
Analog to digital transition
GIS explosion
Institutions
ACSM, ASPRS
Autocarto
Highly interdisciplinary
Computer graphics
History of Computer Cartography
Tobler (1959) "Automation and Cartography" Geographical Review, XLIV, 4, 526-34.
Scope and Content (Moellering) UCGIS White Paper
Geographic map transformations
Real and virtual maps
Deep and surface structure (e.g. topography)
Spatial primitives
The sampling theorem (Spatial frequencies)
Information theory
Neighborhoods (Tobler's law)
Fractals
Map generalization
Shape analysis
Spatial data models, and data structures
Analytical visualization
Theory and standards
Benefits of the Computer
Disadvantages
Geospatial Dimensions of Software Integration
Scale and resolution dependency in spatial problems
Process modeling
HCI