INDEX

Italicized page numbers indicate figures

A

abstraction, 250

aerial image and, 15

contextual, 16

conventional sign and, 221–22, 228

cross section and, 193

diagram and, 13

hachure/hatch and, 74

isobath/contour and, 47–48

plan and, 13, 42

school of thought for, 9

shaded relief and, 93, 105

stratigraphic column and, 170

Acropolis-Philopappou, The Paved Road Towards Acropolis (Pikionis), 217

actualization, 6–7

aerial images, 12

Colwell and, 113–14

concept of, 14–15

contour lines and, 58

conventional sign and, 14–15, 235, 241

da Vinci and, 93, 98, 250

figure-ground and, 153

land classification and, 113–14, 115, 120, 128–29, 164

line symbol and, 197

morphology and, 14

NASA and, 114, 115, 164

photogrammetry and, 14, 102, 114

scale and, 23–24

Aeronautical Chart Symbols, IFR Enroute Low/High Altitude U.S., Pacific and Alaska Charts (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), 233

aesthetics, 63, 157, 164, 222, 251

Agence Patrick Arotcharen, 59

“Agency of Mapping, The: Speculation, Critique and Invention” (Corner), 17

AGENdA, 88

Agricultural Biodiversity Study (Imbruce), 131

Agricultural Land Use, Imperial Valley All Vegetables and Specific Crops: Alfalfa (Johnson, Bowden, and Pease), 128

Albee, Howard F., 164

Alberti, Leon Battista, 250

Allen, Stan, 124

Alpen-Panorama vom Pilatus (Imfeld), 102

Alphand, Jean-Charles Adolphe, 48, 49, 63, 158, 171, 173

Alpine Architektur (Taut), 98

AlpTransit San Gottardo SA, 42

Amereida travesías (Escula de Arquitectura y Diseño), 44

Anderson, James R., 114, 116

Anderson Land Classification (Pietrusko and Basic), 120

Animation Still (Pietrusko), 36, 54, 78, 98, 142, 162, 182

annotation, 116, 189, 222

Another Scale of Architecture (Ishigami), 88

Appalachian Trail conference, The, 208

Appalachian Trail Detail Map Showing Mostly Pennsylvania (MacKaye), 209

Applied Ecological Services, 64

Architecture Research Office (ARO), 64

Arno River, 98

Ar Rifa (Fairey Surveys Ltd.), 241

ARUP, 64

Atelier Girot, 42, 64

atlases, 15

contour lines and, 66

conventional sign and, 226, 228, 236, 239

figure-ground and, 138, 154

hachure and, 74, 81

line symbol and, 198

stratigraphic column and, 158, 170–71

Atlas of the New Dutch Water Defence (Steenbergen, van der Zwart, and Grootens), 66

Atlas Suiss, Le mont Gotthard et partie des Grisons (Weiss), 81

Aurelian Wall, 93, 98, 250

Aurora (Future Cities Lab), 40

Auto Road Map of Los Angeles and Vicinity (Rand McNally), 203

B

Bache, Alexander Dallas, 33, 36–37

Badan Koordinasi Survei dan Pemetaan Nasional (Bakosurtanal), 27

Baedeker, Karl, 211

Baseline Plottings from Deccan Traverses: The Making of Bangalore’s Terrain (Mathur and da Cunha), 44

Basic, Grga, 115, 120

bathymetric data, 31, 47, 50, 57, 59–60, 64, 66, 231

Bau der Alpen, Der: Blatt 2: Westalpen (Staub), 184

Bayou Bienvenue (LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio), 135

Bechler, Gustavus, 90

Becker, George F., 170, 182

Billys Island Quadrangle (USGS), 127

Bird’s-Eye Map of Western Tuscany (da Vinci), 93, 98

Blue Slabs (Hadid), 102

Boissier, Paul, 231

Bollmann, Herman, 153

Bourdeaux Botanical Garden: Sections of the Environment Gallery (Paysagistes), 193

Bowden, Leonard, 128

Boylan Heights, 228

British Admiralty Chart, 231

Broadacre City, 124

Brooklyn Bridge Park (Michael van Valkenburgh Associates), 189

Bulawayo (Department of the Surveyor General, Zimbabwe), 27

Bundesamt für Landestopografie, 29

Bureau Bas Smets, 143, 148

Busquets, Joan, 144

C

Cambridge Walks (Smithson and Smithson), 215

Campo das Cebolas (Global Arquitectura Paisagista), 154

Carte de Freduci d’Ancome, Dressée en 1497 in Atlas Composé de Mappemondes, de Portulans et de Cartes Hydrographiques et Historiques (de Santarém), 226

Carte de la France (Dupain-Triel), 47, 54

Carte de la partie la plus élevée de la Suisse (Clausner), 83

cartographic imagination, 6–7

Cattoor, Bieke, 204, 236

census maps, 12

Chart of Squam Lake, New Hampshire, A (Washburn), 39

Cheysson, J. J. Emile, 217

chiaroscuro technique, 93, 98

CHORA, 236

Citizen’s Cambridge Structuring Plan: The Nature of Place Restored (Smithson and Smithson), 215

Claude Cormier + Associés, 87

Clausner, Joseph, 83

CNIT, 150

Coastal Piracy or Coast Guard? (OPSYS/Alexandra Gauzza), 66

Coignet, Philippe, 94

College City magazine, 148

color

bathymetric tints and, 59, 66

contour lines and, 23, 50–51, 54, 59–61, 64, 66, 68

conventional sign and, 221–22, 227, 236, 250

conventions for, 12, 18, 23, 250

cross section and, 177–78, 186

figure-ground and, 137–38, 149, 152–54

grayscale and, 50, 95

hachure/hatch and, 74, 81, 90

hypsometric shades and, 50, 59–60, 64, 74

land classification and, 113, 116, 131, 135

line symbol and, 198, 203–4, 206, 212

material quality and, 50

ramps and, 50, 59

ROYGBIV, 50, 60

shaded relief and, 93–95, 98, 102, 109

stratigraphic column and, 157, 159, 163–64, 170–71, 173–75

tints and, 50, 59–60, 64, 66, 74, 94

tones and, 74, 90, 93–94, 102, 110, 120, 129, 144, 174

true, 42, 113

Color Legend (Shelton), 109

Colwell, Robert N., 113–14

composition, 13, 94, 174, 176

Computer Mapping and the Regional Landscape, A Forest Density; B Areas for Conservancy (Steinitz), 129

Comstock Mine Maps (Becker), 170

Conditions de Navigabilité des Fleuves, Rivières et Canaux de la France (Cheysson), 217

contour lines, 9, 18

abstraction and, 47–48

aerial images and, 58

color and, 23, 50–51, 54, 59–61, 64, 66, 68

concept of, 46–47

contrast and, 50–51

conventional sign and, 221, 231, 233, 235, 239, 241, 243

design culture and, 48

Dutch traditions and, 47, 66

early, 47

elevation and, 47–48, 50, 61, 64

evolution of, 47, 50

figure-ground and, 151

French traditions and, 24, 47–48, 54

gradients and, 50, 60, 64

grading plans and, 47–48, 64

hachure/hatch and, 47, 59, 66, 68, 73–74, 81, 83

hypsometric tints and, 50

importance of, 47

index, 50, 64

land classification and, 127

landscape design and, 7

line symbol and, 197, 206, 208–9

models and, 50, 61, 63

morphological landscapes and, 47

morphology and, 47, 66

overlays and, 50, 63

perspectival view and, 61

as projective element in creative process, 49

scale and, 18

shaded relief and, 93, 98, 110

shadow and, 63

slope and, 47, 54

spot elevations and, 32

stratigraphic column and, 170, 173

technical chains of, 48

technical drawings and, 57

texture and, 48, 63, 68

topographical maps and, 47, 50

Contour Techniques: Central Park Lake (Desimini), 49

contrast

contour lines and, 50–51

figure-ground and, 148

hatch and, 87

land classification and, 131, 135

line symbol and, 197–98, 206

shaded relief and, 93–94

conventional sign, 9

abstraction and, 221–22, 228

aerial images and, 14–15, 235, 241

aesthetics and, 251

ambiguities of maps and, 250–52

color and, 221–22, 227, 236, 250

concept of, 220–21

contour lines and, 221, 231, 233, 235, 239, 241, 243

digital representation and, 251

discretion of cartographer and, 222

elevation and, 231

evolution of, 221–22

geography and, 221–22, 243

hatch and, 222

ideographic, 220, 222

keys and, 221–22, 228, 241, 251

linear elements and, 222

multiplication of, 251–52

objective importance and, 251

overlays and, 222

pictographic, 220–22, 227, 250

texture and, 221, 243

topographical maps and, 239, 243

Conventional Sign (Desimini), 223

Conventional Signs (USGS), 239

coordinate systems, 32

Cope, Aaron Straup, 203

Corner, James, 17

Cornwallis, Lord, 184

Correa, Felipe, 190

Crissy Field (Hargreaves Associates), 63

cross section, 9

abstraction and, 193

color and, 177–78, 186

concept of, 176–78

elevation and, 176–78, 190

geography and, 178

hachure and, 74

hatch and, 178, 189

keys and, 177, 184

linear traverse and, 178

planar projection and, 177

reconnaissance and, 177

as signature feature, 177

in situ, 74

spatial conditions and, 177

tectonics and, 177, 184

texture and, 178

as tool of discovery, 177

transect and, 178

Cross-Section Techniques: Brooklyn Bridge Park (Desimini), 179

Cruquius, Nicolaaas, 57

cultural data, 9

D

da Cunha, Dilip, 44, 184

Dangermond, Jack, 114

data availability, 10

data points, 16, 32, 42

da Vinci, Leonardo, 93, 98, 250

Davis, William Morris, 104

de Certeau, Michel, 198

Défense Grand Axes, La (OMA), 150

Delmarva Peninsula, 114

De Meulder, Bruno, 204, 236

Department of the Surveyor General, Zimbabwe, 27

de Santarém, Visconde, 226

Descriptio Urbis Romae (Delineation of the City of Rome) (Alberti), 93, 98, 250

design culture, 9, 11, 17

aesthetics and, 63, 157, 164, 222, 251

composition and, 13, 94, 174, 176

contemporary, 18

French, 48

hachure/hatch and, 73

isobath/contour and, 48

Design with Nature (McHarg), 17

Desimini, Jill

Contour Techniques: Central Park Lake and, 49

Conventional Sign and, 223

Cross-Section Techniques: Brooklyn Bridge Park and, 179

Dyke, Seawall, Breakwater Port Protection Structures and, 231

Figure-Ground Techniques: Barcelona and, 139

Hatch Typologies and, 75

Land-Classification Techniques: Los Angeles and, 115

Line Typologies and, 199

Shaded-Relief Palettes and, 95

Sounding Techniques: San Francisco, Detroit River, Cape Cod, Squam Lake and, 33

Stratigraphic Column and, 159

Wind Symbols and, 226

Desvigne Paysagiste, Michel, 120, 124, 162, 179, 193

Detroit River, 33, 39

diagrams

block, 177–78

concept of, 13–14

spatial fidelity and, 13

Dien, J. B., 54

digital representation

conventional sign and, 251

GIS and, 32, 114, 116

Google and, 94, 120, 212, 251

hachure and, 74

Harvard University Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis and, 17

land classification and, 114, 135

shaded relief and, 93–95, 102, 105, 109

spot elevations and, 32, 42

Swiss map accuracy and, S24

traditional challenges and, 251

dlandstudio, 64

dos Santos, Eugénio, 154

dot density, 32

Drawing of Wiesbaden Street Plan (Rowe and Koetter), 148

Dufour, Guillaume-Henri, 81

Dupain-Triel, Jean-Louis, Jr., 47, 54

Dutch, 47, 57, 66

Dyke, Seawall, Breakwater Port Protection Structures (Desimini), 231

E

E17: Rhythm Phases of Highway—Landscape Interactions (Cattoor and De Meulder), 204

Echasses Golf and Surf Nature Resort, Les (Agence Patrick Arotcharen and Estudi Martí Franch), 59

Ècole des Ponts et Chaussées, 48

Ègouts de Paris au 1er Janvier 1878, 158

Egypt and the Sudân: Handbook for Travelers (Baedeker), 211

Ehrlich, Paul, 98

Eliot, Charles, 114, 174

engraving, 43, 48, 63, 73

Entrance to San Francisco Bay California (Bache), 36–37

Environmental Resources of the Toronto Central Waterfront (WMRT), 133

Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño, 44

Esri, 114

Estudi Martí Franch, 59, 90

Euro Delta (Bureau Bas Smets), 148

Extension in the Sea, Monaco (Xaveer de Geyter Architects), 151

Ezo Kokyo Yochi Zenzu, 227

F

Fabian, Lorenzo, 148

Fairey Surveys Ltd., 241

Fences (Wood), 228

Field Study London (Shane), 143

figure-ground, 9

aerial images and, 153

color and, 137–38, 149, 152–54

concept of, 136–38

contour lines and, 151

contrast and, 148

hatch and, 144

keys and, 154

morphology and, 98

perception of fills and voids, 137

poché and, 136–38

representational simplicity of, 137–38

Rubin face and, 137

texture and, 144, 148

Figure-Ground Techniques: Barcelona (Desimini), 139

Figures Infrastructures: An Atlas of Roads and Railways (SUN Architecture), 236

Fisher, Howard, 114

Flickr, 203

Flowing Gardens-Xi’an International Horticultural Expo General Plan (Plasma Studio and Groundlab), 84

French, 24, 47–48, 50, 54, 198

Frente Ribeirinha do Porto (PROAP), 95, 106

Future Cities Lab, 40

G

Gavel Fells (Wainwright), 210

Geddes, Patrick, 178

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (International Hydrographic Organization), 59

General Plan of Triangles: An Account of the Trigonometrical Operations in Crossing the Peninsula of India (Lambton), 44

geographic information system (GIS), 32, 114, 116

geography

conventional sign and, 221–22, 243, 251

cross section and, 178

digital representation and, 17

distortion and, 11

fidelity and, 10–11

geographic information system (GIS) and, 32, 114, 116

hachure/hatch and, 73–74

land classification and, 114, 120, 124, 129

line symbol and, 196–97, 212

objective depiction of, 11

plan and, 13

school of thought for, 9–10

shaded relief and, 104

sounding/spot elevation and, 31–32, 44

topographic maps and, 12, 16

Geological Map of England and Wales and Part of Scotland, A (Smith), 163

Geological Map of Miyake Jima Volcano (Geological Survey of Japan), 157, 164

Geological Survey of Japan, 164

Geologic Map of the Crater Copernicus (USGS and NASA), 157, 164

Geologic Map of the Jackson Quadrangle, Teton County, Wyoming (Love and Albee), 164

Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, 120, 243

gesture, 50, 63

Girot, Christophe, 42

Global Arquitectura Paisagista, 154

Global Positioning System (GPS), 32, 251

Godfrey, Mery, 203

Google, 94, 120, 212, 251

Governors Island Park and Public Space Master Plan (West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture), 61

Governor’s Island Summer Park (Paysagiste), 120

gradients

contour lines and, 50, 60, 64

hachure/hatch and, 74, 83

shaded relief and, 93

stratigraphic column and, 163

grading plans, 47–48, 64

Graham, J. D., 33, 43

Grande Arche, 150

Grand Canyon: Bright Angel (USGS), 68

grayscale, 50, 95

Greater Melbourne Street Directory (Melway), 203

Great Lakes Data Rescue Project-Lake Ontario Bathymetry: Rochester Basin (NOAA), 60

Greensward Plan, 57

Grenoble (Institut National de l’Information Géographique et Forestière), 28

Grootens, Joost, 66

Groundcovers (Plasma Studio and Groundlab), 84

Groundlab, 84

Guide to the Appalachian Trail in Maine (The Appalachian Trail Conference), 208

Gustafson, Kathryn, 94, 105

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, 105

H

hachure, 9, 18, 90

abstraction and, 74

as alternative to tonal shading, 73

color and, 74, 81

concept of, 72–73

contour lines and, 47, 66, 68, 73–74, 81, 83

cross-hatch and, 78

digital representation and, 74

elevation and, 73–74, 83

evolution of, 73–74, 81

geography and, 73–74

gradients and, 74, 83

keys and, 74, 87

Lehmann and, 73

limitations of, 74

line symbol and, 197

models and, 74, 81, 83

pictorial tradition and, 73

shaded relief and, 93

shadow and, 73–74, 81

in situ cross section and, 74

slope and, 72–74, 83

texture and, 72–73, 83

traditional, 78

Hadid, Zaha, 102

Hadspen House Estate: Shape of a Walk (Vogt Landscape Architects), 194

Hargreaves, George, 94

Hargreaves Associates, 63

Harvard Geographical Models (Davis), 104

Harvard Graduate School of Design, 17, 133

Harvard University Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis, 17, 114

hatch, 9

bathymetric tint and, 59

color and, 90

concept of, 72–73

contrast and, 87

conventional sign and, 222

cross, 78

cross section and, 178, 189

design culture and, 73

elevation and, 83

evolution of, 73–74

figure-ground and, 144

grain and, 88

isobath/contour and, 59

land classification and, 116

line symbol and, 212

overlap and, 90

shadow and, 78

solid fill and, 87

spot elevations and, 40

stratigraphic column and, 173

texture and, 84, 88

Hatch Typologies (Desimini), 75

Haussmann, Georges Eugène, 48, 63

Hayden, Ferdinand, 90

Heart of the Grand Canyon, The (Peele, Rogers, Washburn, and Tóth), 33, 68

Hong Kong, 102

Hood, Washington, 33, 43

Horizon: Cafeteria at Kanagawa Institute of Technology (Junya Ishigami + associates), 88

Howard, K. A., 157, 164

Humboldt Distribution of Plants in Equinoctial America: According to Elevation above the Level of the Sea (von Humboldt), 190

hydrology, 16, 133, 143, 148, 162, 174, 186, 198

hypsometric tints, 50, 59–60, 64, 74

I

IFR Enroute Low Altitude Aeronautical Chart, Area Chart 02 LAX (United States Federal Aviation Administration), 233

Imbruce, Valerie, 131

Imfeld, Xaver, 102

Imhof, Eduard, 18, 47, 51n1, 73, 74n1, 102, 110, 153

Imola, 250

Imperial Valley, 114

Indonesia, 23–24

Information Anxiety (Wurman), 22

Insertion of the AlpTransit Depot in the Valley of Sigirino, Ticino, Switzerland (Atelier Girot, et al.), 42

Institut Géographique National (IGN), 243

Institut National de l’Information Géographique et Forestière, 28

International Hydrographic Organization, 59

isobath, 9, 18. See also contour lines

concept of, 46–47

soundings and, 32

isoline family, 32, 47, 64

Issoudun District (Paysagiste), 124

Itecsa, Pini Associati Ingegneri, IFEC

Ingegneria SA, 42

J

Jackson Hole, 164

James Corner Field Operations, 54

Jefferson, Thomas, 36

Jeppesen Map Company, 109

J. Mayer H. und Partner, Architekten, 64

Johnson, Claude, 128

Juneja, Narendra, 174

Junya Ishigami + associates, 88

K

Karte der Gegend um den Walensee (Imhof), 102

Kennelly, Patrick, 78

keys, 12, 15

conventional sign and, 221–22, 228, 241, 251

cross section and, 177, 184

figure-ground and, 154

hachure and, 74, 87

land classification and, 120

line symbol and, 209, 211

shaded relief and, 109

stratigraphic column and, 157, 163

King, Clarence, 170

Klanten, Robert, 10

Koetter, Fred, 148

Kurgan, Laura, 251

L

Lake Tahoe, 170

Lambton, William, 44

land classification, 9

aerial images and, 113–14, 115, 120, 128–29, 164

boundaries and, 116

color and, 113, 116, 131, 135

concept of, 112–13

contour lines and, 127

contrast and, 131, 135

digital representation and, 114, 135

evolution of, 113–14, 116–17

geography and, 114, 120, 124, 129

hatch and, 116

indices for, 113

keys and, 120

masked dynamic process and, 113

morphology and, 113

NASA and, 114, 115, 164

National Land Cover Database (NLCD) and, 114, 116

overlays and, 116, 120

reductive delineation and, 113

standardization for, 114, 116

surveys and, 116

texture and, 113, 116, 120, 135

topographical maps and, 120

Land-Classification Techniques: Los Angeles (Desimini), 115

landmarks, 23

conventional sign and, 222, 231, 235, 239, 251–52

cross section and, 177

line symbol and, 198, 208–10

spot elevation and, 31–32, 44

stratigraphic column and, 157

Lateral Office, 228

LCLA Office, 87–88

legends, 12–13, 15–16, 173, 222, 243. See also keys

Lehmann, Johann Georg, 73

Let Landscape Lead Urbanism—Growth Planning for Beijing (Turenscape), 133

linear traverse, 178

line symbol, 9

aerial images and, 197

boundaries and, 197

borders and, 197

color and, 198, 203–4, 206, 212

concept of, 196–97

contour lines and, 197, 206, 208–9

contrast and, 197–98, 206

diversity of, 197–99

elevation and, 209

geography and, 196–97, 212

hachure and, 197

hatch and, 212

infrastructure and, 197

keys and, 209, 211

lack of area and, 197–98

length and, 197

navigation and, 197

overlays and, 212

pictorial tradition and, 198

position and, 197

property lines and, 197

rivers and, 197

routes and, 197

scale and, 197–99

slope and, 198

temporal narrative and, 197

texture and, 217

time and, 198

Line Typologies (Desimini), 199

London City Council, 212

Look of Maps, The (Robinson), 8

Los Angeles and Vicinity Seen from Space (NASA), 115

Loudon, John Claudius, 179, 189

Love, J. D., 164

LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio, 135

Lurie Garden, The (Gustafson Guthrie Nichol), 105

M

McHarg, Ian, 17, 114, 174

Mackay, Iven, 203

MacKaye, Benton, 208–9

Maine Appalachian Trail Club, 208

Man’en kaisei O-Edo oezu (Takai), 120

Mapa de América (Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño), 44

Map of the British Isles (Paris), 218

Map of the Extremity of Cape Cod (Hood and Graham), 43

Map of the Metropolitan District of Boston (Eliot), 174

Map of the Sources of Snake River (Bechler), 90

Map Showing the Original Topography of the Site of the Central Park (Olmsted and Vaux), 57

Map Stacks (Stamen Design), 135

Mardel, Carlos, 154

mathematics, 16, 31–32, 44, 48, 93, 102

Mathur, Anuradha, 44, 184

Matschenz, Andreas, 154

Medford: Performance Requirements for the Maintenance of Social Values Represented by the Natural Environment of Medford Township, NJ (McHarg and Juneja), 174

Melway, 203

Michael van Valkenburgh Associates, 189

Military Map Showing the Topographical Features of the Country Adjacent to Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (Weyss), 83

Milne, Thomas, 115, 120

Milne’s Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster (Milne), 120

Ministère des Travaux Publics, 217

Miyake Jima volcano, 157, 164

models

cartographic process and, 94

continuous-surface, 42

contour lines and, 50, 61, 63

digital, 32, 42, 95

hachure/hatch and, 74, 81, 83

point-cloud, 32–33, 42

shaded relief and, 92, 94–95, 102, 104–5

spot elevations and, 32, 42

terrain, 32, 81, 94–95

three-dimensional, 11, 14, 32, 61, 74

MoMA Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront (ARO and dlandstudio), 64

monuments, 144, 198, 211, 221–22

morphology, 9, 17

aerial images and, 14

contour lines and, 47, 66

figure-ground and, 137, 143–44

hachure/hatch and, 88

land classification and, 113

shaded relief and, 98

stratigraphic column and, 158, 164

Mostafavi, Mohsen, 6–7

Mount Chimborazo, 190

Mount Everest (National Geographic Society), 98

Mount Saint Helens (Kennelly), 78

Müller, Joachim Eugen, 81

Municipal Map of London (London City Council), 212

N

N43 National Road Breaks Into Segments of a Line (Cattoor and De Meulder), 236

Napoléon III, 48

NASA, 114, 115, 164

National Geographic Society, 68, 98

National Land Cover Database (NLCD), 114, 116

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 36–37, 60

Natural Earth, 203

navigation, 15–16, 36–37, 39, 43–44, 47, 197, 222, 226, 231, 252

negative space, 152

Nepal, 23, 26, 50, 98

Nevada Basin (King), 170

New American City, The (Allen), 124

New Haven Sheet, State of Connecticut (USGS), 239

New York (Bollman), 153

New York World’s Fair, 153

Nimrod Glacier, Topographic Reconnaissance Maps of Antarctica (USGS), 68

Nolli, Giambattista, 142

North Carolina State, 228

Nuova pianta di Roma moderna (Nolli), 142

O

Observations on the Formation and Management of Useful and Ornamental Plantations: On the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening; and on Gaining and Embanking Land from Rivers or the Sea (Loudon), 189

Old Town Barcelona (Busquets), 144

OLM, 49, 64

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 57

OMA, 139, 149–50

OneGeology Maps, 175

OpenStreetMap, 203

OPSYS/Alexandra Gauzza, 66

overlays

contour lines and, 50, 63

conventional sign and, 222

land classification and, 116, 120

line symbol and, 212

spot elevations and, 31

stratigraphic column and, 158–59, 174

P

Parc des Ateliers (Bureau Bas Smets), 143

Parc des Buttes Chaumont, 48

Paris, Matthew, 218

Paris et Ses Environs (Service Géologique des Mines), 173

Paris (Service de la Carte Géologique de la France), 182

Parthenon, 199

Peak, The (Hadid), 102

Peak Leisure Club, 102

Pease, Robert, 128

Peele, William T., 68

Pellegrini, Paola, 148

Pettah 2 Plot (Mathur and da Cunha), 184

Pfyffer, Franz Ludwig, 81, 83

Phillippe Rahm Architectes, 162

photogrammetry, 14, 102, 114

Picon, Antoine, 250–52

pictorial tradition

conventional sign and, 220–22, 227, 250

hachure and, 73, 83

line symbol and, 198

shaded relief and, 93, 95

Pietrusko, Robert Gerard, 36, 54, 78, 98, 115, 120, 142, 162, 182

Pikionis, Dimitris, 199, 217

Pineda Park, La (Estudio Martí Franch), 90

planar projection

cross section and, 177

scale and, 12

shaded relief and, 95

stratigraphic column and, 157, 163

Plan des Courbes de Niveau du Parc des Buttes Chaumonts, Promenades de Paris (Alphand), 63

Plano General de Barcelona (Puig), 206

plans

concept of, 13

mathematical conventions and, 16

parallel with maps, 16–18

scale and, 13

spacial fidelity and, 16

Plasma Studio, 84

Plymouth Sound and Approaches (British Admiralty Chart), 231

point clouds, 32–33, 42

Pop Art, 203

Porous City, The (Secchi and Viganò), 186

Portrait of Decline: The Gulf Under Siege (SCAPE Landscape Architecture), 227

Prato general plan, survey: “the block-notes” (Secchi, et al.), 152

Preliminary Chart of Mouth of the Detroit River (United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers), 39

Pretty Maps (Cope and Stamen Design), 203

PROAP, 95, 106

Promenades de Paris, 48

Puig, F., 206

Pyramid Lake, 170

Pyramids of Giza, 211

R

Rand McNally, 203

Ras al Khaimah Structure Plans (OMA), 149

raster imagery, 116, 135, 178

ReK Productions, 64

Relief Map of Appenzell Country (Imhof), 110

Reno Area (Shelton and Jeppesen Map Company), 109

Rhodesia, 23

Ricky Liu & Associates Architecture + Planners, 162

River That Is Not, The: Master Plan for Medellin’s River (LCLA Office and AGENdA), 88

Rivier de Merwede, De (Cruquius), 57

Robinson, Arthur H., 8

Rogers, Richard K., 68

Rowe, Colin, 143, 148

ROYGBIV color scheme, 50, 60

Rubin face, 137

Rudolf, Johann, 81

S

scale, 13

accuracy and, 23

aerial images and, 23–24

contour lines and, 18

map currency and, 23–24

measurement/drawing relationship and, 31

planar projection and, 12

SCAPE Landscape Architecture, 227

Scientific American journal, 114

Secchi, Bernardo, 148, 152, 179, 186, 206

Second Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, 57

Section as a Tool, The: A Regional Framework for Alexander von Humboldt’s Avenue of the Volcanoes (Correa), 190

Serpong (Badan Koordinasi Survei dan Pemetaan Nasional [Bakosurtanal]), 27

Serrini, Goffredo, 152

Service de la Carte Géologique de la France, 182

Service Géologique des Mines, 173

shaded relief, 9

abstraction and, 93, 105

aerial images and, 93–94, 102, 109

chiaroscuro technique and, 93, 98

color and, 93–95, 98, 102, 109

composition and, 94

concept of, 92–93

contour lines and, 93, 98, 110

contrast and, 93–94

deceptive nature of, 94

digital representation and, 94–95, 105

elevation and, 92–94, 98, 102

geography and, 104

gradients and, 93

hachure and, 93

keys and, 109

models and, 92, 94–95, 102, 104–5

pictorial tradition and, 93, 95

planar projection and, 95

shadow and, 92–94, 102

slope and, 93

spot elevations and, 98

topographical maps and, 109

Shaded-Relief Palettes (Desimini), 95

shadow

contour lines and, 63

hachure and, 73–74, 81

hatch and, 78

shaded relief and, 92–94, 102

Shane, David Grahame, 143

Shelton, Hal, 18, 109

slope

contour lines and, 47, 54

hachure and, 72–74, 83

line symbol and, 198

shaded relief and, 93

spot elevations and, 42

Smith, William, 157, 163

Smithson, Alison, 215

Smithson, Peter, 215

soundings, 9

concept of, 30

enhancement and, 32–33

isobath and, 32

precision and, 32–33

translation and, 32–33

visual clarity and, 32–33

Sounding Techniques: San Francisco, Detroit River, Cape Cod, Squam Lake (Desimini), 33

spatial fidelity, 13, 16, 228

Spécimens des Principales Cartes (IGN), 243

spot elevations, 9, 36

concept of, 30–31

contour lines and, 32, 47–48

coordinate systems and, 32

digital representation and, 32, 42

dot density and, 32

enhancement and, 32–33

geography and, 31–32, 44

global positioning systems and, 32

grid cells and, 32

hachure and, 83, 88

hatch and, 40

landscape complexity and, 31–32

measurement system for, 31

models and, 32, 42

overlays and, 31

point clouds and, 32–33, 42

precision and, 32–33

relative elevation and, 31

sea level and, 31

shaded relief and, 98

slope and, 42

texture and, 43

translation and, 32–33

triangulation and, 32

visual clarity and, 32–33

Squam Lake, 33, 39

Stamen Design, 135, 203

Standard Map with Transit, Bicycling and Traffic Overlays (Google), 212

Staub, Rudolf, 184

Steenbergen, Clemens, 66

Steinitz, Carl, 17, 114, 129

Stevenson, James, 90

Stoss Landscape Urbanism, 61, 171

stratigraphic column, 9

abstraction and, 170

aesthetic principles and, 157

alignment and, 158

color and, 157, 159, 163–64, 170–71, 173–75

concepts of, 156–57

contour lines and, 170, 173

elevation and, 158

gradients and, 163

hatch and, 173

implied time and, 158

infrastructural maps and, 157–58

keys and, 157, 163

morphology and, 158, 164

overlays and, 158–59, 174

planar projection and, 157, 163

property boundaries and, 159

relational information and, 158

Smith and, 157

soil maps and, 157–58

standardization of, 157

subsurface features and, 157–59, 163, 171

texture and, 173–74

urban-landscape project and, 158–59

Stratigraphic Column (Desimini), 159

Straube, Julius, 154

StudioPratoPrg, 152

subsurface, 9, 157–59, 163, 171, 177

Sugar Beach (Claude Cormier + Associés), 87

SUN Architecture, 236

Swiss, 24, 47, 50, 81, 83, 98, 102, 110, 184

T

Tactical Archipelago, Kiev (LCLA Office), 87

Taichung Gateway Park (Stoss Landscape Urbanism), 61

Taichung Jade Ecopark Competition Drawing (Mosbach Paysagistes), 162

Takai, Ranzan, 120

Tate Modern (Vogt Landscape Architects), 193

Taut, Bruno, 98

tectonics, 102, 164, 177, 184

Territorial Vision for Brussels, 148

texture, 12

contour lines and, 48, 63, 68

conventional sign and, 221, 243

cross section and, 178

figure-ground and, 144, 148

hachure/hatch and, 72–73, 83–84, 88

land classification and, 113, 116, 120, 135

line symbol and, 217

spot elevations and, 43

stratigraphic column and, 173–74

Thick 2D (with a nod to Stan Allen), The Plaza at Harvard University, The (Stoss Landscape Urbanism), 171

tints, 50, 59–60, 64, 66, 74, 94

tones, 74, 90, 93–94, 102, 110, 120, 129, 144, 174

Tonsai Fujita Royo, Hashimoto Ransi Shukuzu (Tonasi Fujita, Ezo Kokyo Yochi Zenzu), 227

Topographical Atlas of the State of Connecticut (USGS), 239

Topographical Map of Hachioji (Geospatial Authority of Japan), 243

topographical maps, 10.

See also specific design concept of, 12–13

conventional sign and, 239, 243

as flattened representation, 12–13

isobath/contour and, 47, 50

land classification and, 120

legend and, 12–13, 15

mathematical conventions and, 16

plan and, 16

scale and, 18, 23–24

shaded relief and, 109

spacial fidelity and, 16

Topographic Map (Tokyo) (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan), 120

Topographische Karte der Schweiz (Dufour), 81

Tóth, Tibor G., 33, 68

Tour Areva, 150

transect, 178

Travaux de Paris, Les (Alphand), 158, 171, 173

triangulation, 31–32, 42–44

TRM Toronto—Lower Don (OLM, et al.), 64

True Color Point Cloud in Brissage, Ticino, Switzerland (Atelier Girot), 42

Tufte, Edward, 59

Turenscape, 133

typicality, 6

U

Ubersichtsplan von Berlin (Matschenz and Straube), 138, 154

Understanding a Nautical Chart: A Practical Guide to Safe Navigation (Boissier), 231

United Arab Emirates, 149

United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, 33, 39

United States Coast Survey, 36

United States Federal Aviation Administration, 233, 235

United States Geological Survey (USGS), 14, 25, 50, 68, 127, 157, 164, 170, 182, 239

Università IUAV di Venezia, 206

University of California, Berkeley, 113

University of Pennsylvania Center for Ecological Research and Design, 174

University of Puerto Rico Botanical Gardens (James Corner Field Operations), 54

University of Wyoming, 164

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 233, 235

V

Valparaíso group, 44

van der Zwart, Johan, 66

van Valkenburgh, Michael, 179

Vaux, Calvert, 57

vectors, 14, 17, 24, 40, 44, 178

Vertical Cross-Sections of the Lode (Becker), 182

VFR Aeronautical Chart Symbols (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), 235

VFR (United States Federal Aviation Administration), 235

Viganò, Paola, 148, 152, 179, 186, 206

Vision Towards a Low Carbon Incubator Region: Taiwan Strait Smart Region (CHORA), 236

Vogt Landscape Architects, 179, 193–94

von Humboldt, Alexander, 178, 190

W

Wainwright, A., 210

walking, 198

Wallace McHarg Roberts & Todd (WMRT), 133

Washburn, Bradford, 33, 39, 68

Water and Asphalt: The Project of Isotropy, X Biennale of Architecture, Venice (Secchi and Vignaò), 148, 206

watercolors, 110, 120, 135

Water Economies/Water Ecologies, Salton Sea (Lateral Office), 228

weather maps, 12

Weiss, Johann Heinrich, 81

West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, 61

Weyss, John E., 83

Wind Symbols (Desimini), 226

Wood, Denis, 228

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 124

Wurman, Richard Saul, 22

X

Xaveer de Geyter Architects (XDGA), 151

Y

Yale University, 164

Yamashiro no Kuni ezu, 98

Z

Zagaglia, Claudio, 152

Zermatt (Bundesamt für Landestopografie), 29

Zimbabwe, 27

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