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Canada was a difficult land to map. Planning, effort and overall cost were comparable to other national efforts such as building the Canadian Pacific Railway or the St Lawrence Seaway. This text recounts the last 50 years of human effort necessary to define this vast territory. Specialist describe developments in the fields of geodesy, topographic mapping, remote sensing, navigational charting, and geographic information systems during a period of technological change.

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A remarkable tribute to the survey and mapping of the world's second largest country - a gigantic undertaking. Choice Mapping a Northern Land should be in every Canadian library. Cartographica Indispensable to all who are interested in why the modern period of mapping Canada has been such a success. The Geographic Journal

Mapping a Northern Land will establish itself and remain the definitive work on the subject. The personal perspectives and understanding of the authors, which provide linkages and rationales that would almost certainly be otherwise lost, are of particular value. With abundant and well-chosen references and useful appendices, this volume provides an essential and unique window on a dynamic period of Canadian development. C. Grant Head, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University

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Gerald McGrath is professor emeritus, geography, Queen's University, and previously held the chair of cartography at the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, The Netherlands. Louis Sebert was a retired officer from the Army Su

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