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Jacques Bertin

Jacques Bertin (27 July 1918 – 3 May 2010) 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, 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, or to seriate them (the Bertin Matrix). • Illustration — Bertin (1953) map projection

Jacques Bertin

Picture of Jacques Bertin in Porquerolles in 1971.

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Name
Jacques Bertin
Born
27 July 1918
Birthplace
Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines
Died
3 May 2010
Place of death
Paris, France
Occupation
Cartographer, Theorist
Full name
Jacques Jean Louis Bertin.
Nationality
France.
Education
University of Paris.
Honours
Mercator Medal and Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal.
Languages
French.

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Jacques Bertin (27 July 1918 – 3 May 2010) 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, 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, or to seriate them (the Bertin Matrix). • Illustration — Bertin (1953) map projection

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