The 1837 Maps of Henry Drury Harness

“…He began with three studies of exemplary thematic maps from the nineteenth century: Henry Drury Harness"s statistical maps of Ireland from the 1830s (Robinson, 1955); Charles Joseph Minard"s cartes figuratives of statistical flows, such as his famous 1869 map of Napoleon"s Russian campaign (Robinson, 1967); and, Alexander von Humboldt"s highly schematic isothermal map of 1817 (Robinson and Wallis, 1967). 9 While his purpose in each study was to tell the history of each map designer and their works, he was nonetheless interested in elucidating the effectiveness of their representational strategies and in drawing lessons for current cartographic practice.…”

Section: Arthur H Robinson: Cartographic Design and The Internal Hismentioning

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Putting “Cartography” into the History of Cartography: Arthur H. Robinson, David Woodward, and the Creation of a Discipline

Edney¹

2005

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Arthur Robinson and David Woodward significantly expanded the scope and nature of the history of cartography. Previously, cartographic historians had emphasized the study of map content. As practicing cartographers, Robinson and Woodward promoted the “internal” study of the history of cartographic techniques and design. Robinson used an historically minded rhetoric to define the proper nature of U.S. academic cartography after 1945 and he pursued important studies in the history of thematic mapping. Woodward pioneered the study of map printing. Moreover, he was crucial in transforming the “internal” approach to cartographic history into a discrete discipline focused on the study of maps as human documents. Woodward’s humanistic perspective ultimately formed the foundation of both the multi-volume History of Cartography and Brian Harley’s cartographic theorizing.

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“…Depending on the characteristic of OD data the nodes and links are dis-played using the visual variables. The earliest known flow map was described by Arthur H Robinson (1955) and dates back to 1837. It shows the average number of passengers carried by public transportation in the area around Dublin, Ireland and was drawn by Harness.…”

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Revisiting flow maps: a classification and a 3D alternative to visual clutter

Kraak

Engelhardt

2018

Proc. Int. Cartogr. Assoc.

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Flow maps have long been servicing people in exploring movement by representing origin-destination data (OD data). Due to recent developments in data collecting techniques the amount of movement data is increasing dramatically. With such huge amounts of data, visual clutter in flow maps is becoming a challenge. This paper revisits flow maps, provides an overview of the characteristics of OD data and proposes a classification system for flow maps.For dealing with problems of visual clutter, 3D flow maps are proposed as potential alternative to 2D flow maps.

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The 1837 Maps of Henry Drury Harness

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113 Years of Physical Review: Using Flow Maps to Show Temporal and Topical Citation Patterns

Putting “Cartography” into the History of Cartography: Arthur H. Robinson, David Woodward, and the Creation of a Discipline

Revisiting flow maps: a classification and a 3D alternative to visual clutter

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