历史地图优化表达与设计方法——以前四史地图集为例

Presentation and Design Methods of History Map——Take the Front-Four-History Atlas as Example

历史地图作为历史地理资料及其研究成果的重要展现手段,能以有形的地图语言诠释过去发生的历史事件,是辅助读者再现与理解历史的有效工具.通过历史地图的设计与研究,明确了历史地图的概念和性质,提出了历史地图的设计原则和优化表达要求.结合前四史地图集的编制,重点对地图集的总体设计、地理底图设计、地图符号设计以及地图注记设计等进行了历史专题地图优化表达与设计研究.实践表明,优化的地图设计方案,可有效地提高读者对历史地图内容的再现力与理解力,提升地图的"历史感",为今后各类历史地图集尤其是二十四史地图集的设计提供借鉴和参考.

As an important representation method of historical geography literature and its research achievement, the history map can interpret historical events previously happened with tangible map language, and it has become an effective tool of assisting readers to recreate and comprehend history. The concept and properties of history maps are defined and the design principles and optimization presentation requirements of them are advanced through researching on the design of history maps. With the compiling of Front-Four-History atlas, the across-the-board design, base map design, map symbol design and map label design of history atlas are investigated. The practice shows that optimized map design scheme can effectively improve users＇ comprehension on history map, as well as the ＂ history sense＂ of maps. The references of design for history atlas are offered, especially for the Twenty-Four History atlas.