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Building a representation of contemporary time-space requires building a synthesis
of these distinct spaces within these distinct time-spaces. This is the purpose of
time-space relief cartography.
4.2.2
The Contribution of Cartography to the Models
of Time-Space
In this chapter, we have discussed several models of cartographical representation
for the problem of distances produced by different means of transportation. This is
a problem of fundamental interest for the geographer. In this section, anamorphosis,
spring maps and crumpled relief maps are discussed. In a second step we have
analyzed the relations between these cartographical solutions and the general
discourse on time-space in geography. Complex and sometimes contradictory
phenomena occur in time-space, and each cartographical model is able to account
for parts of these phenomena. Time-space relief cartography produces an image
associated with metaphors, linking it to the crumpling of a sheet of paper and to
the shrivelling of a fruit. This discussion leads to the astrophysicist's conceptions
and to recent developments in psycho-analysis. Finally, consideration is made for
the social dimension of time-space; thus, time-space relief cartography is seen as
a representation of the encounter between socially distinct spaces in nodal points
located inside metropolises.
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