Research Summary
Cartographic communication and visualization, map design, color theory applications in cartography, multi-scale mapping, generalization, topographic map design, atlas mapping and choropleth classification for maps in series.
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Recent Publications
Evaluating data stability in aggregation structures across spatial scales: revisiting the modifiable areal unit problem
Nelson, J. K. & Brewer, C. A., Jan 2 2017, In: Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 44, 1, p. 35-50 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An impressionistic cartographic solution for base map land cover with coarse pixel data
Raposo, P., Brewer, C. A. & Sparks, K., 2016, In: Cartographic Perspectives. 2016, 83, p. 5-21 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Guidance for representing uncertainty on global temperature change maps
Retchless, D. P. & Brewer, C. A., Mar 15 2016, In: International Journal of Climatology. 36, 3, p. 1143-1159 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Landscape preference and map readability in design evaluation of topographic maps with an orthoimage background
Raposo, P. & Brewer, C. A., Feb 2014, In: Cartographic Journal. 51, 1, p. 25-37 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Automated thinning of road networks and road labels for multiscale design of the National Map of the United States
Brewer, C. A., Stanislawski, L. V., Buttenfield, B. P., Sparks, K. A., McGilloway, J. & Howard, M. A., Sep 1 2013, In: Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 40, 4, p. 259-270 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
GIScience at Penn state
Brewer, C. A. & Robinson, A. C., Jul 2011, In: Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 38, 3, p. 332-334 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adapting generalization tools to physiographic diversity for the united states national hydrography dataset
Buttenfield, B. P., Stanislawski, L. V. & Brewer, C. A., Jul 2011, In: Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 38, 3, p. 289-301 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Establishing classification and hierarchy in populated place labeling for multiscale mapping for the National map
Butzler, S. J., Brewer, C. A. & Stroh, W. J., Apr 2011, In: Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 38, 2, p. 100-109 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A typology of operators for maintaining legible map designs at multiple scales
Roth, R. E., Brewer, C. A. & Stryker, M. S., 2011, In: Cartographic Perspectives. 68, p. 29-64 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mastering map scale: Balancing workloads using display and geometry change in multi-scale mapping
Brewer, C. A. & Buttenfield, B. P., Apr 2010, In: GeoInformatica. 14, 2, p. 221-239 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Performance of map symbol and label design with format and display resolution options through scale for the national map
Brewer, C. A., Hanchett, C. L., Buttenfield, B. P. & Usery, E. L., Jan 1 2010, In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 38Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Establishing classification and hierarchy in populated place labeling for multiscale mapping for the national map
Stroh, W. J., Butzler, S. J. & Brewer, C. A., 2010, In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 38Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Application of the radical law in generalization of national hydrography data for multiscale mapping
Wilmer, J. M. & Brewer, C. A., 2010, In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 38Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Automation and the map label placement problem: A comparison of two GIS implementations of label placement
Kern, J. P. & Brewer, C. A., 2008, In: Cartographic Perspectives. 60, p. 22-45 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Framing guidelines for multi-scale map design using databases at multiple resolutions
Brewer, C. A. & Buttenfield, B. P., Jan 2007, In: Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 34, 1, p. 3-15 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review