摘要
要全面深刻地认识地图符号和更好地开发其信息功能，仅仅从实用技术的角度研究是不够的，还要从思想文化和哲学的高度分析地图符号的本质、特点、功能及其运行规律。本文分析了地图符号既是客观对象的人工指称物又是制图者思想表达物的本质；论述了它与其它符号相比，既有共性又有差异的特点；探讨了地图符号在人的表达、认知、思维、文化和美学方面的多重功能；并对更好地发挥地图符号的信息功能提出一些看法。
In order to get a comprehensive and thorough recognition of map symbol and a better ex-ploration of its information function，it is not enough to study only from the angle of practi-cal technigue，but also to analyse the essence，characteristics，function and law of operationfrom the height of ideology，culture and philosophy in this paper．It is analysed that the mapsymbol is an artificial indicator as well as the essence of map-makers’ideological expres-sion；it is expounded that map symbol，compared with other signs，has both generality anddistinction with them; it discusses various functions with respect to expression，cognition，thought，culture and desthetics；it also puts forward the opinion to make the informationfunction of map symbol better.
出处
《测绘学报》
EI
CSCD
北大核心
1995年第4期259-266,共8页
Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica
