État de l’art : formalisation des connaissances sur le style cartographique

Abstract

Being able to specify the desired cartographic style when designing maps would greatly improve the quality of the cartographic representation produced. Indeed, the cartographic result would be in agreement with the initial intention of the map designer, the understanding of the cartographic message that follows would be greatly facilitated. Today, there is no precise definition of the concept of cartographic style, it is a very broad concept in which several researchers are interested. In this paper, we synthesize knowledge from the literature on the concept of cartographic style. The aim is to formalize this knowledge in order to enrich existing knowledge on map construction and to be able to use style as a cartographic design ingredient.

Keywords

• cartographic style
• map design
• graphic semiology
• visual characteristic