Reflection on the Evolution of Cartographic Theories of Jacques Bertin

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23501251
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Geography
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: MORITA Takashi 法政大学, デザイン工学部, 教授 (60267325)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ジャック・ベルタン / 地図学理論 / 発展段階 / 位置づけ / 作図システム / 一義性 / 多義性 / インフォグラフィックス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to reevaluate the cartographic theories of Jacques Bertin, famous french cartographer died in 2010, by the classification of his works considering the context where cartographic materials are produced and utilized by the digital process in these days. The holistic bibliography was built using ordinary information retrieval and the annual reports of the laboratory. The result of the classification of the bibliography was presented as a paper of the Cartographic Journal of UK. Importance of the distinction between monosemy and polysemy was confirmed by the observation of the ancient maps carved on rocks. It was also confirmed that Bertin's theory was rather compatible and efficient in the digital processing cartographic system. Bertin's theory is on the way to spread to the general public.

Free Research Field

地図学