Cartography, map-making and projections

As GIS technology has evolved and grown, so has the language of this powerful tool.

Winner for Reference, 2009, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book AwardHonorable Mention, 2010, Peter Seaborg Award Given by Shepherd UniversitySome two million people visit the battlefield at Gettysburg each year.

Originally published in 1952, The Look of Maps documents Arthur H.

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Longlisted for the 2025 BSHS Hughes Prize 'Enthralling' Philip Ball'Ingenious' Sujit SivasundaramIn Tracks on the Ocean, Sara Caputo tells how our journeys around the globe became fixed lines on maps - and how journey lines themselves reshaped maps and the way that we view the world.

In 1400 Europe was behind large parts of the world in its understanding of the use of maps.

'My name is Mike and I am a map addict.

How to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today.

This edition contains a limited number of illustrations.

A narrative history of the men and women who have explored Mars and mapped its surface from afar, and in so doing conditioned our understanding of our nearest planetary neighbour.

Recommended for colour tablets only.

Navigate Through the Wilderness with Confidence and Precision!

Across North America in 2007-2009, communities will celebrate the David Thompson Bicentennials.

The true story of Gerard Mercator, the greatest map-maker of all time, who was condemned to death as a heretic.

A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest.

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First we mapped the heavens, then we started mapping the land.

How to Build a Mobile App Without CodingA Beginner's Guide to App Development (Create and Launch Your Own App Using No-Code Tools and Monetization Strategies)The world of app development is evolving, and you no longer need programming skills to create your dream application.

For introductory courses in cartography.

Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713-1785) is remembered today not only as colonial New Mexico's preeminent religious artist, but also as the cartographer who drew some of the most important early maps of the American West.

Within the discipline of cartography, few works are considered classics in the sense of retaining their interest, relevance, and inspiration with the passage of time.

This book focuses on the work of the great sixteenth-century traveller and map-maker Andre Thevat and explores the interrelations between representation and power in the age of discovery.