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Choosing a Map Projection
Title
Choosing a Map Projection [electronic resource] / edited by Miljenko Lapaine, E. Lynn Usery.
ISBN
9783319518350
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Physical Description
X, 360 p. 247 illus., 205 illus. in color : online resource.
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Summary
This book offers a much-needed critical approach to the intelligent use of the wide variety of map projections that are rapidly and inexpensively available today. It also discusses the distortions that are immanent in any map projection. A well-chosen map projection is one in which extreme distortions are smaller than those in any other projection used to map the same area and in which the map properties match its purpose. Written by leading experts in the field, including W. Tobler, F.C. Kessler, S.E. Battersby, M.P. Finn, K.C. Clarke, V.S. Tikunov, H. Hargitai, B. Jenny and N. Frančula. This book is designed for use by laymen. The book editors are M. Lapaine and E.L. Usery, Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, of the ICA Commission on Map Projections for the period 2011-2015.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 03, 2017
Series
Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography,
Contents
Which Map is Best?
Choosing a World Map
Matching the Map Projection to the Need
Map Projections and the Internet
Cartograms as Map Projections
Anamorphoses as a Method of Visualization
Map Pojections in Planetary Cartography
Combining World Map Projections
A Guide to Selecting Map Projections for World and Hemisphere Maps
The Logic of Selecting an Appropriate Map Projection in a Decision Support System (DSS)
Short History on Map Projections
Famous People and Map Projections
Basics of Geodesy for Map Projections.
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