Cartography, map-making & projections books

Demonstrates how geographic analysis with GIS can identify patterns, relationships, and trends that lead to better...  Read More >>

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Describes the discovery of the stratosphere itself and of various unexpected phenomena in the stratosphere, such...  Read More >>

Contains practical techniques for constructing and validating 3-D structural interpretations in 2-D and 3-D environments....  Read More >>

Due to plate motions, tidal effects of the Moon and the Sun, atmosphe­ ric, hydrological, ocean loading and local...  Read More >>

A history of the British surveys of India, in which Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial Britain used modern survey...  Read More >>

This text covers all aspects of multimedia cartography, including applications complemented with examples on the...  Read More >>

In their diverse expressions, maps and the representational processes of mapping have constructed the spaces of...  Read More >>

Canada was a difficult land to map. Planning, effort, and overall cost were comparable to other national efforts...  Read More >>

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Introducing the reader to medieval ideas of the world and man's place in it, this title talks about the famous Hereford...  Read More >>

Although they are often rendered in forms unfamiliar to Western eyes, maps have existed in most cultures. In this...  Read More >>

Two Iranian world-maps were discovered in 1989 and 1995. Both are made of brass and date from 17th-century Iran....  Read More >>

This volume offers insights into the early cartography and exploration of the North Atlantic and North America,...  Read More >>

Examines the cultural, technological and spiritual factors that affected the way Koreans observed themselves, their...  Read More >>

Explains how maps can tell where to anticipate certain hazards, but also how maps can be misleading. The text considers...  Read More >>

"Ever since a Native American prepared a paper ""charte"" of the lower Colorado River for the Spaniard Hernando...  Read More >>

This book discusses the problem concerning the minimum number of colors required to print a map such that no two...  Read More >>

"Everyone who lives in a city sees it differently. Envisioning the City explores how these points of urban view...  Read More >>

In this book, the author describes the cutting edge of our current understanding of map generalisation in the context...  Read More >>

"Visually demonstrating the thoughts and knowledge of the explorers, ""New Found Lands"" focuses on the maps that...  Read More >>

This book analyses radiative transfer through the atmosphere. Innovative mathematical models and computational techniques...  Read More >>

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Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this...  Read More >>

In this generously illustrated book, Jerry Brotton documents the dramatic changes in the nature of geographical...  Read More >>