Exploratieve kartografie: Kaarten als gereedschap voor ontdekkingen

Exploratory Cartography: maps as took for dis-covery The cartographic visualization process is considered to be the translation or conversion of spatial data from a database into graphics. The producer of these predominantly map-like products may be a professional cartographers, but may also be geoscientists mapping their data. Cartography is changing: changing from being supply-driven to demand-driven. More people will be involved in making maps. More maps will be created, many of them only for a single use. These maps are changing from being final products presenting spatial information to interim products that facilitate our visual thinking. Maps will be the primary tools in an interactive, real-time and dynamic environment, used to explore spatial databases that are hyperlinked together via the WWW.