DESIGN AND REPRESENTATION OF SCALING SYSTEMS ON MAPS

A second installment on the theory of scaling in cartography (see MSRS, 1987, No. 2, pp. 104-111) focuses on the design of scaling (symbolization) systems. Attention is devoted to the reasons for the lack of correspondence between numerical relationships of values being depicted on maps and quantitative relationships in the scaling system(s) used to represent them. The most visually dominant attributes of symbols (form, color) in the scaling system should be used to represent the most dominant characteristic of the mapped objects. A final section contains recommendations for symbol design at different levels (nominal, ordinal, etc.) of scaling. Translated from: Vestnik Leningradskogo Universiteta, seriya 7 [geologiya, geografiya], 1987, No. 3, pp. 53-60.