E-learning for the digital production of maps.

The correct construction of a map always implicated the knowledge and domain of several analogical tools and techniques (see the section Tools and Elements of this site). With the development of new technologies that facilitate the use of software to built any map type, the knowledge had to modernize and to adapt to this new digital reality, where the learning was turned fundamental.

The  portuguese section of this site has link to a place where you can obtain, increase or refresh your knowledges in this field of the Digital Cartography and Geographical Information Syatems (with base in MapInfo Professional), I invite you to visit the site of  ACOAV - Atelier de Competências, Orientação e Aprendizagem Virtual.

At once, you can consult a bibliography list and a brief glossary of terms used in Cartography.

Some advised bibliography:

BROWN, A. ET AL. (2002), Colour Basics for GIS Users, Pentice Hall.

BRUNET, R. (1994), La carte. Mode d'emploi, Fayard/Reclus, Paris.

DANIEL, L ; LOREE, P. & WHITENER, A. (1996), Inside MapInfo Professional, OnWord Press, Santa Fé.

DIAS, M. H. (1991), Leitura e Comparação de Mapas Temáticos, Memórias do Centro de Estudos Geográficos, CEG, Lisboa.

DIAS, M. H. (coord.) (1995), Os Mapas em Portugal. Da tradição aos novos rumos da Cartografia, Edições Cosmos, Lisboa.

DIAS, M. H. e ALEGRIA, M. F. (1983), Tratamento cartográfico e informação em Geografia. Estruturação de variáveis, CEG, INIC, Lisboa.

MacEACHREN, A. (1994), Some Truth with Maps: A Primer on Symbolization & Design,   The Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C..

MacEACHREN, A. (1995), How Maps Work. Representation, Visualization and Design, The Guilford Press, New York.

MONMONIER, M. (1989), Maps   with the News, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

MONMONIER, M. (1996), How to Lie with Maps, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

PETERSON, M. (1995), Interactive and Animated Cartography, PrenticeHall Ed., New Jersey.

ROBINSON, A et Al. (1995), Elements of Cartography, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 6th Edition.