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Jacques Bertin
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<p>Jacques Bertin (27 July 1918 – 3 May 2010) was a French <a href="/facts/Cartographer/8YdDAAeX">cartographer</a> and theorist, known from his book <i>Sémiologie Graphique</i> (<i>Semiology of Graphics</i>), 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 <a href="/facts/Information_Visualization/o6tcFesS">Information Visualization</a>, with his most lasting contribution being his set of visual variables that can be used to construct <a href="/facts/Map_symbol/8LKc4kSA">map symbols</a> and other graphical techniques one of then being the Bertin Projection, an innovative <a href="/facts/Map_projection/XYxklzIu">map projection</a> type, or to <a href="/facts/Seriation_(archaeology)/HUhqwt1u">seriate</a> them (the Bertin Matrix). </p>