Sculpting, Cutting, Expanding, and Contracting the Map
Publication: Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization
Volume 57, Number 1
Résumé
Résumé
shaping est un outil Web qui permet de manipuler directement l’espace cartographique afin de sculpter, de retrancher, d’étendre et de contracter les régions d’une carte. En rupture avec la compréhension euclidienne rigide de l’espace projeté qui caractérise les systèmes d’information géographique (SIG), ces opérations permettent un travail de cartographie créative dans lequel l’espace est fluide, dynamique, relationnel et situé. Chaque opération est décrite en détail, accompagnée d’usages possibles suggérés par des textes sur la géographie et la cartographie. La plupart des manipulations de l’espace que permet shaping se traduisent en langage QGIS, ce qui permet la transformation des vecteurs et des couches de rasters de l’information géographique. En permettant la manipulation directe en temps réel de l’espace cartographique, shaping sert d’outil à l’expressivité appliquée à l’information géographique. C’est aussi un exemple de la manière dont on peut concevoir des outils accessibles qui, tout en étant compatibles avec les SIG existants, conservent leur propre utilité.
Abstract
shaping is a Web-based tool that enables direct manipulations of cartographic space to sculpt, cut, expand, and contract map regions. Breaking with rigid Euclidean understandings of projected space found in GIS, these operations support creative cartographic work that understands space as fluid, dynamic, relational, and situated. Each operation is described in detail, along with possible use cases informed by literature in geography and cartography. Most manipulations of space found in shaping can be translated into QGIS, enabling the transformation of vector and raster layers of geographic information. By enabling direct and real-time manipulation of cartographic space, shaping acts as an expressive tool that engages with geographic information. It is also an example of how accessible tools can be built that are interoperable with existing GIS while still being useful on their own.
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Volume 57 • Number 1 • Spring 2022
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Submitted: 3 August 2021
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Accepted: 9 October 2021
Published in print: Spring 2022
Published online: 15 March 2022
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