Elg, Margareta. 1998. "Gender Aspects on Maps and Cartography". in Proceedings of the Joint Seminar on Maps for Special Users, Eds. Jacqueline M. Anderson, Ewa Krzywicka-Blum. Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej de Wroclawiu, Wroclaw, Poland 1998, 89-91.

Abstract. The aim of this paper is to show how gender influences map drawing and reading. I am going to prove that people usually interpret map symbols as if they had male gender. It has great influence on cartography and maps which would perhaps look completely different, if the approach was changed.

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