Map Design: What If Less Isn’t More?

Schlumpf, Sacha; Gartner, Georg

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Map Design: What If Less Isn’t More?

Sacha Schlumpf and Georg Gartner

Sacha Schlumpf

Research Unit Cartography, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

Georg Gartner

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2002-5339

Research Unit Cartography, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

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