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Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections
John P. Snyder
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Description for Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections
Paperback. Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem, mapmakers have created map projections. This work discusses and illustrates the known map projections from before 500BC to the present, with facts on their origins and use. Num Pages: 384 pages, 163 maps and charts, 12 portraits. BIC Classification: PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 668.
As long as there have been maps, cartographers have grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem mapmakers have created hundreds of map projections, mathematical methods for drawing the round earth on a flat surface. Yet of the hundreds of existing projections, and the infinite number that are theoretically possible, none is perfectly accurate. This study is a detailed history of map projections from before 500BC to the present. It contains a comprehensive collection of diagrams of the projections used in world mapping, with a compendium of information on their origins and use. ... Read more
As long as there have been maps, cartographers have grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem mapmakers have created hundreds of map projections, mathematical methods for drawing the round earth on a flat surface. Yet of the hundreds of existing projections, and the infinite number that are theoretically possible, none is perfectly accurate. This study is a detailed history of map projections from before 500BC to the present. It contains a comprehensive collection of diagrams of the projections used in world mapping, with a compendium of information on their origins and use. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
673g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226767475
SKU
V9780226767475
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