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The fifth edition of this comprehensive and well-established book in cartography has been thoroughly updated and extensively restructured to incorporate new developments in recent years. It reflects advancements in technology, societal changes, and evolving methodologies in the field of cartography. With the inclusion of entirely new chapters, restructured content, and expanded discussions, the book provides a modern perspective on cartographic practices. It emphasizes the integration of Artificial Intelligence, the democratization of mapping through web-based tools, and innovative approaches to visualizing spatiotemporal data. Additionally, it addresses historical paradigms, geovisual analytics, and the adaptation of map elements and typography for mobile and web platforms, ensuring relevance in today's digital age.Some Key Features of the Fifth EditionArtificial Intelligence in Cartography: A new chapter explores AI's 75-year history, deep learning, cartographic applications, and ethical implications.Maps, Mapping, and Society: A new chapter highlights the democratization of mapmaking through web-based tools, empowering the general public.History of Thematic Mapping: Restructured to cover American cartographic paradigms, including analytical, design and production, education, statistical mapping, and symbolization.Visualizing Spatiotemporal Data: Formerly "Animation," this chapter now includes alternatives such as change maps, small multiples, and space-time cubes.Geovisual Analytics: Expanded to include the Australian Cancer Atlas and dashboard development.Map Elements and Typography: Expanded to include guidelines for mobile devices and web browsers.Elements of Map Projections: Now discusses the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) and State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS) grid systems.

"I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painters pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck ... no dray moves more readily to the Thill, than I do to the Painters Chair." - George Washington, 16, 1785When George Washington was born, the New World had virtually no artists. Over the course of his life, a cultural transformation would occur. Virtually everyone regarded Washington as America''s indispensable man, and the early painters and sculptors were no exception. Hugh Howard surveys the founding fathers of American painting through their portraits of Washington. Charles Willson Peale was the comrade-in-arms, John Trumbull the aristocrat, Benjamin West the mentor, and Gilbert Stuart the brilliant wastrel. Their images of Washington fed an immense popular appetite that has never faded, Stuart''s image endures today on the $1 bill. The Painter''s Chair is an eloquent narrative of how America''s first painters toiled to create an art worthy of the new republic, and the hero whom they turned into an icon.

August 28, 1814. Dressed in black, James Madison mourns the nation''s loss. Smoke rises from the ruin of the Capitol before him; a mile away stands the blackened shell of the White House. The British have laid waste to Washington City, and as Mr. Madison gazes at the terrible vista, he ponders the future-his country''s defeat or victory-in a war he began over the unanimous objections of his political adversaries. As we approach its bicentennial, the War of 1812 remains the least understood of America''s wars. To some it was a conflict that resolved nothing, but to others, it was our second war of independence, settling once and for all that America would never again submit to Britain. At its center was James Madison-our most meditative of presidents, yet the first one to declare war. And at his side was the extraordinary Dolley, who defined the role of first lady for all to follow, and who would prove perhaps her husband''s most indispensable ally.In this powerful new work, drawing on countless primary sources, acclaimed historian Hugh Howard presents a gripping account of the conflict as James and Dolley Madison experienced it. Mr. and Mrs. Madison''s War rediscovers a conflict fought on land and sea-from the shores of the Potomac to the Great Lakes-that proved to be a critical turning point in American history.Advance praise for Mr. and Mrs. Madison''s War :"Hugh Howard has turned the least known and understood war in American history into a Technicolor, wide-screen epic of thrilling naval battles, brutal backwoods skirmishes, villainous intrigue, and stirring heroism. Thanks to Howard''s prodigious research, fine eye for the telling detail, and vivid prose, the War of 1812 seems as contemporary and compelling as yesterday''s battlefield dispatches from the Middle East."-Thurston Clarke, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Campaign

Yes, they make rather an odd couple-but, truly, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and Fiske Kimball (1888-1955) are the Johnson and Boswell of the story of American architecture. If not for Dr. Fiske Kimball, we might never have known that Thomas Jefferson was an architect. Though he was hailed as a brilliant statesman, Jefferson was all but unknown as an artist and an architect for nearly a century. But Kimball, an industrious scholar with a keen eye, made a series of critical discoveries that changed not just the image of Jefferson, but also rewrote the story of American architecture, introducing its first real practitioner. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, William Thornton, Robert Mills-Kimball identified the key figures who together with Jefferson transformed the craft of building into the art of architecture, at the same time setting the aesthetic tone for a young country still struggling to define itself. Part detective story, part narrative history, Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson recreates the stories of these visionary men through the lens of the amazing Fiske Kimball, who, in resurrecting their legacy, helped found the twin disciplines of historic preservation and architectural history. Hugh Howard''s books include the definitive Thomas Jefferson, Architect; his memoir House-Dreams; the essay collection The Preservationist''s Progress; and an introduction to the architecture of Williamsburg, Colonial Houses. He lives in upstate New York with his wife and their two teenage daughters.