North American Cartographic Information Society Inc

The Atlas of Design is dedicated to showing off some of the worlds most beautiful and intriguing cartographic design. Every two years NACIS publishes a new volume of full-color maps selected from a worldwide competition and judged by an expert panel. It is more than a museum of images however each map is accompanied by a brief commentary provided by the author and meant to guide readers toward a deeper understanding of the work how it was inspired and its intended message or the ways it means to influence us. Everyday objects even beautiful ones become much more significant when we see what is behind their creation. The Atlas aims to inspire readers both within the field of cartography and without toward new understandings of design and of the power that a well-crafted map can have In an age when more and more mapping tasks are being turned over to computers. The Atlas of Design provides one more answer to the question "What do cartographers do?" 2024 sales distribution = 708 volumes

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Cartographic Perspectives Journal CP is the free open-access journal of NACIS devoted to the study and practice of Cartography in all of its diversity. CP is published 3 times a year and includes peer-reviewed research on Cartography and Geovisualization broadly defined technical notes and tutorials on new methods articles on library collections reviews of books and atlases and novel maps. All submitted articles are reviewed and returned to authors within weeks. All graphics included in accepted articles are published in full color at no cost to authors.

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