CARTOGRAPHY

  
  • Cartographic coding and the digital medium
    • digital mapping and GIS: see the definitions of a 'geographical information system' (GIS) on the Ordnance Survey website.
Ordnance Survey: the official body in charge of map-making
    • coding; overlays : examples of visual codes for the interpretation of maps
on visual codes, see the website on Cartographic Visualization on the Internet of the Canadian Centre for Topographic Information, and their page on Topographic Maps.
    • simulation : an option offered by digital maps
Edina, based at the University of Edinburgh, provides datasets and resources, including digital maps containing simulations, to reseach services
  • Maps and the historical dimension
    • the temporal dimension in space


see the 'Great Britain historical GIS'

    • cartography and hypermedia historic cities

    Digital maps can have hotspots revealing historical places.

see the comments on maps and interfaces