Jacques Bertin
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Jacques Bertin (27 July 1918 – 3 May 2010[1]) was a French cartographer and theorist, known from his book Sémiologie Graphique (Semiology of Graphics), published in 1967. This monumental work, based on his experience as a cartographer and geographer, represents the first and widest intent to provide a theoretical foundation to Information Visualization,[2] with his most lasting contribution being his set of visual variables that can be used to construct map symbols and other graphical techniques one of then being the Bertin Projection, an innovative map projection type.
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Jacques Bertin | |
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Born | (1918-07-27)27 July 1918 |
Died | 3 May 2010(2010-05-03) (aged 91)[1] Paris, France |
Occupation(s) | Cartographer, Theorist |
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