Rediscovering the World

Benjamin graduated in geography from the University of Cologne with research on hyperspectral remote sensing applications for coastal ecosystems undertaken at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany. After working as a lecturer in human and urban geography in Cologne he joined the Social and Spatial Inequalities research group at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2008 where he completed his Ph.D. in 2011 with research on novel cartographic techniques. He continues his work in Sheffield as a research associate at the Geography Department working on geospatial data analysis and geovisualisation.

From the reviews:“This book is in the ‘Springer Theses’ series, which ‘recogniz[es] outstanding PhD research.’ … The book has three appendices and there are extensive references at the end of each chapter. … This book should be of interest to readers who wish to explore a new way of displaying the many categories of data using gridded projection.” (E. Y. Lee, Computing Reviews, August, 2013)

• Introduction.- Cartography and globalization.- Creating gridded cartograms.- The human shape of the planet.- Towards a gridded cartogram.- Applications for gridded cartograms.