A highly visual exploration of diagrams and data that helps you
understand how maps are part of everyday thinking, how they tell
stories, and how they can reframe your point of view, from Stanford
University's world-renowned d.school.
"This book is the ultimate legend to mapping all kinds of
data."--Jessica Hagy, Webby Award-winning blogger of Indexed and
author of How to Be Interesting (In Ten Simple Steps)
Maps aren't just geographic, they are also infographic and include all
types of frameworks and diagrams. Any figure that sorts data visually
and presents it spatially is a map. Maps are ways of organizing
information and figuring out what's important. Even stories can be
mapped! The Secret Language of Maps provides a simple framework to
deconstruct existing maps and then shows you how to create your own.
An embedded mystery story about a woman who investigates the
disappearance of an old high school friend illustrates how to use
different maps to make sense of all types of information. Colorful
illustrations bring the story to life and demonstrate how the fictional
character's collection of data, properly organized and "mapped," leads
her to solve the mystery of her friend's disappearance.
You'll learn how to gather data, organize it, and present it to an
audience. You'll also learn how to view the many maps that swirl around
our daily lives with a critical eye, aware of the forces that are in
play for every creator.
