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| "A good cartographer should not only grasp landscape, in a map-drawing sense, but also through sketching from nature." Eduard Imhof, 1982. |
Landform Field Sketching
2000 © Amelia Janes
Amelia Janes / Midwest Educational Graphics / 6 Lyons Circle / Madison, WI 53704 USA / arjanes@globaldialog.com
ABSTRACT
This poster presents the basic idea that sketching in nature provides to the cartographer an introduction to the genesis and morphology of landforms, improves observation and graphic judgment, and develops the cartographers' artistic sense for mapmaking.
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