Jacques Bertin

Jacques Bertin
Born(1918-07-27)27 July 1918
Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines
Died3 May 2010(2010-05-03) (aged 91)[1]
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Cartographer, Theorist

Jacques Bertin (27 July 1918 – 3 May 2010[1]) 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,[2] 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.

Bertin (1953) map projection
  1. ^ a b "UW Press -: Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps, Jacques Bertin, Translated from the French by William J. Berg". Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  2. ^ Juan C. Dürsteler (2000-08). Interview with Jacques Bertin. Retrieved 23 June 2008.