Od danych do mapy. Cz. 2

Podstawą rozważań w tej części artykułu są wprowadzone poprzednio pojęcia metody i formy prezentacji kartograficznej. Autorka omawia kryteria wydzielania poszczególnych metod prezentacji i podejmuje próbę ich klasyfikacji. Wykorzystując zaproponowany w pierwszej części artykułu schemat przejścia od danych do prezentacji autorka wyprowadza z niego poszczególne formy prezentacji kartograficznej.

A shift from data through transformation leads to a specific graphic solution (compare Part I). In the article such solutions are referred to as cartographic presentation forms. In cartography, a logical and methodologically correct transformation from data to graphics results in presentation forms, which differ according to the type of data, transformation and visualization, i.e. the applied presentation method. The article discusses criteria and various classifications of cartographic presentation methods which appear in cartographic literature. Potential capabilities of cartographic presentation are the subject of cartographer's interest. In literature there are numerous considerations aiming to establish which method of presentation is appropriate for particular data, or what data can be presented using a particular presentation method. They attempt to link measurement levels, graphic symbols, visual variables and other attributes of presentation. Different combinations of those attributes result in various, more or less reasonable graphic solutions. After discussing more significant of these attempts, the author presents her own views on potentiality of cartographic presentation (fig. 5, 6, 7). From the scheme outlined in the first part of the article she derives particular graphic solutions, evaluates their correctness, estimates popularity and attaches names of specific presentation methods to them. She also attempts to label new solutions, which seem to be methodologically correct, but which have not been named yet. These considerations supplement Polish classification of cartographic presentation methods.