Bibliography

Dent, Borden D. 1999: Cartography: Thematic Map Design, Fifth Edition, WCB McGraw-Hill.

The syllabus lists suggested readings in the textbook, try to stay up-to-date. You are responsible for the whole text, however, even parts not explicitly referenced in a lecture.

Another (shorter) primer on map design; almost enough to serve as text...
MacEachren, Alan 1994: Some Truth about Maps: A primer on symbolization and design, AAG Monograph.

Readings for further study

MacEachern, Alan 1995: How Maps Work. Guilford.

Dougenik, James, Nicholas Chrisman and Duane Niemeyer 1985: An Algorithm to Construct Continuous Area Cartograms, Professional Geographer, vol. 37, 75-81.

McMaster, Robert and Shea, Stuart 1992: Generalization in Digital Cartography AAG Monograph.

Monmonier, Mark 1991: How to Lie with Maps, U. Chicago Press.

Muller, Jean-Claude 1987: The Concept of Error in Cartography, Cartographica, 24 no. 2, 1-15.

Other textbooks or treatises on cartography

Bertin, Jacques 1983: The Semiology of Graphics, University of Wisconsin Press; translated by W. Berg from Semiologie Graphique.

Cuff, David and M. Mattson 1982: Thematic Maps: Their Design and Production, Methuen.

Muehrcke, Phillip 1986: Map Use: Reading Analysis Interpretation, Second Edition, JP Publications.

Robinson, Arthur and Barbara Petchenik 1976: The Nature of Maps: Essays toward Understanding Maps and Mapping, University of Chicago Press.

Robinson, Arthur H., Joel Morrison Phillip Muehrcke, Stephen Guptill and Jon Kimmerling 1995: Elements of Cartography, Sixth edition, Wiley.

Other useful, but not required, readings

Federal Geodetic Control Committee, 1984: Standards and Specifications for Geodetic Control Networks, Government Printing Office.

Thompson, Morris M. 1979: Maps for America, US Geological Survey, GPO.

U.S. Geological Survey 1986: Large-Scale Mapping Guidelines, Open File Report 86-005.

Harley, J.B. 1975: Ordnance Survey Maps: a descriptive manual, Ordnance Survey

Maling, Derek, 1973: Coordinate Systems and Map Projections, George Phillips Ltd.

Snyder, John, 1987: Map Projections - A Working Manual, Professional Paper 1395, USGS.

Wright, John K. 1942: Map Makers are Human. Geographical Review 32, 527-544; reprinted 33-53 in 1966: Human Nature in Geography, Harvard Press.

The current issues of cartographic journals such as The American Cartographer (now Cartography and Geographic Information Systems), Cartographica, Cartographic Journal.