How to Lie With Maps
By: Mark Monmonier
Contributors: H. J. de Blij
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780226543213
Subjects: Cartography.; Deception.
First sentence: Not only is it easy to lie with maps, it's essential.
Description: "Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. As Monmonier shows, maps not only point the way and provide information, maps lie. In fact, they must.".

"The second edition is updated with the addition of two new chapters, 10 color plates, and a new foreword by renowned geographer H. J. de Blij. One new chapter examines the role of national interest and cultural values in national mapping organizations, including the United States Geological Survey, while the other explores the latest technology in multimedia, computer-based maps.".

"To show how maps distort, Monmonier introduces basic principles of mapmaking, gives entertaining examples of the misuse of maps in situations from zoning disputes to census reports, and covers all the typical kinds of distortions from deliberate oversimplifications to the misleading use of color."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-198) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword
pagenum: xi; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xiii; label: 1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Elements of the Map
pagenum: 5; title: Scale
pagenum: 5; title: Map Projections
pagenum: 8; title: Map Symbols
pagenum: 18; label: 3
title: Map Generalization: Little White Lies and Lots of Them
pagenum: 25; title: Geometry
pagenum: 25; title: Content
pagenum: 35; title: Intuition and Ethics in Map Generalization
pagenum: 42; label: 4
title: Blunders That Mislead
pagenum: 43; title: Cartographic Carelessness
pagenum: 43; title: Deliberate Blunders
pagenum: 49; title: Distorted Graytones: Not Getting What the Map Author Saw
pagenum: 51; title: Temporal Inconsistency: What a Difference a Day (or Year or Decade) Makes
pagenum: 54; label: 5
title: Maps That Advertise
pagenum: 58; title: Transport Ads: Gentle Lines and Well-Connected Cities
pagenum: 59; title: Enticement and Accessibility: Ad Maps with a Single-Place Focus
pagenum: 63; title: Numerousness and Territoriality: Ad Maps Touting Success and Convenience
pagenum: 68; label: 6
title: Development Maps (or, How to Seduce the Town Board)
pagenum: 71; title: Zoning, Environmental Protection, and Maps
pagenum: 72; title: Eleven Rules for Polishing the Cartographic Image
pagenum: 78; title: Your Turn: The Assessment Review
pagenum: 81; label: 7
title: Maps for Political Propaganda
pagenum: 87; title: Cartographic Icons Big and Small: Maps as Symbols of Power and Nationhood
pagenum: 88; title: Size, Sympathy, Threats, and Importance
pagenum: 94; title: Propaganda Maps and History: In Search of Explanation and Justification
pagenum: 99; title: Arrows, Circles, Place-Names, and Other Cartographic Assault Weapons
pagenum: 107; label: 8
title: Maps, Defense, and Disinformation: Fool Thine Enemy
pagenum: 113; title: Defense and a Secure Cartographic Database
pagenum: 113; title: Soviet Cartography, the Cold War, and Displaced Places
pagenum: 115; title: Features Not Shown, Maps Not Made
pagenum: 118; label: 9
title: Large-Scale Mapping, Culture, and the National Interest
pagenum: 123; title: Standards and Specifications
pagenum: 123; title: Cartographic Agendas
pagenum: 130; label: 10
title: Data Maps: Making Nonsense of the Census
pagenum: 139; title: Aggregation, Homogeneity, and Areal Units
pagenum: 140; title: Aggregation, Classification, and Outliers
pagenum: 145; title: Classification, Correlation, and Visual Perception
pagenum: 151; title: Places, Time, and Small Numbers
pagenum: 157; title: Indexes, Rates, and Rates of Change
pagenum: 159; label: 11
title: Color: Attraction and Distraction
pagenum: 163; title: The Phenomenon of Color
pagenum: 163; title: Color on Maps
pagenum: 167; label: 12
title: Multimedia, Experiential Maps, and Graphic Scripts
pagenum: 174; title: Of Mice and Menus
pagenum: 175; title: Graphic Narratives
pagenum: 180; label: 13
title: Epilogue
pagenum: 184; title: Appendix: Latitude and Longitude
pagenum: 187; title: Selected Readings for Further Exploration
pagenum: 191; title: Sources of Illustrations
pagenum: 197; title: Index
pagenum: 199