Prev. ed. entered under Slocum

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- History of thematic cartography -- Statistical and graphical foundation -- Principles of symbolization -- Data classification -- Scale and cartographic generalization -- The earth and its coordinate system -- Elements of map projections -- Selecting an appropriate projection -- Principles of color -- Elements of map design -- Map production and dissemination -- Choropleth mapping -- Isarithmic mapping -- Symbolizing topography -- Proportional symbol mapping -- Dot and dasymetric mapping -- Bivariate and multivariate mapping -- Additional techniques -- Animation -- Data exploration -- Electronic atlases and multimedia -- Visualizing data quality -- Virtual and mixed environments -- Ongoing developments