Rhumb Lines and Map Wars

Klappentext Celebrated geographer Mark Monmonier offers a complete history of the Mercator projection--the first flat-surface map to take into account the roundness of the earth--and examines the uses and limitations of one of cartography's most significant innovations. Zusammenfassung An account of the controversies surrounding Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator's legacy examines the limitations and uses of Mercator's clever method of portraying the earth on a flat surface while taking into account the earth's actual roundness.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Monmonier, Mark S. Monmonier, Monmonier Mark, Mark S. Monmonnier
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2004
• EAN: 9780226534312
• ISBN: 978-0-226-53431-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 208 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, Cartography, map-making & projections, Cartography, map-making and projections