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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Maps as the subject of this book |
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Chapter 1 The history of cartography |
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An introduction to early maps |
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The human mind and the shape of the earth: reconciling interpretation and reality |
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The relationship of mapping to other human activities |
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The Islamic tradition in map-making |
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23 | (1) |
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Contemporary mapping box Methods of studying the history of cartography |
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Personality box Ptolemy and the scientific nature of Greek cartography |
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Chapter 2 The shape and content of maps |
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28 | (7) |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (4) |
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42 | (1) |
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Contemporary mapping box The map icon in entertainment, communication and advertising |
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Personality box The 'Peters Projection and its instigator |
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36 | (8) |
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Chapter 3 Navigation, maps and accuracy |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (8) |
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Contemporary mapping box GPS and positioning |
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49 | (3) |
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Personality box Mercator and his world-view |
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52 | (3) |
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Contemporary mapping box ECDIS |
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55 | (2) |
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Contemporary mapping box In-car navigation |
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57 | (2) |
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Contemporary mapping box Digital data in the cockpit |
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Chapter 4 Representing others |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (5) |
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Interpreting the interpreters |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (3) |
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Contemporary mapping box American Indians and geographical information systems |
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70 | (4) |
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Personality box Brian Harley: taking mapping apart |
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74 | (5) |
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Contemporary mapping box Cartography and the Internet |
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Chapter 5 Mapping territory |
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Land ownership and mapping |
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Colonization and the subdivision of the earth |
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The impact of the military on mapping activity |
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90 | (5) |
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Contemporary government mapping |
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Contemporary mapping box Settling the USA: the Public Land Survey System |
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87 | (4) |
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Contemporary mapping box Mapping the Gulf War |
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91 | (5) |
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Contemporary mapping box The NIMA inventory of digital spatial data |
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96 | (1) |
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Personality box William Roy and the Ordnance Survey |
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Chapter 6 New scales, new viewpoints |
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The new world-view: an alternative icon |
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Scale and accuracy beyond belief |
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109 | (5) |
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Fractals: scale-free mapping |
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Contemporary mapping box Pictures from space: the military and mapping |
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107 | (3) |
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Contemporary mapping box Mapping time travel |
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110 | (2) |
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Personality box Eduard Imhof and terrain mapping |
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112 | (3) |
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Contemporary mapping box The three- and four-dimensional mapping of disease |
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Chapter 7 Geographical information systems |
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A short history of geographical information systems |
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The democratization of map-making: removing the mystique |
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The applications of GIS and their effect on our image of the world |
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A critique of the GIS view of the world |
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Personality box Jack Dangermond and the radical view of the world of GIS |
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122 | (2) |
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Contemporary mapping box Earliest geographical information systems |
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Contemporary mapping box Ways of owning the world |
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127 | (1) |
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Contemporary mapping box GIS and jobs |
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128 | (9) |
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Chapter 8 Alternative views |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (4) |
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146 | (4) |
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150 | (4) |
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Personality box Doug Aberley: map-maker and bioregionalist |
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141 | (4) |
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Personality box Janos Szego and human cartography |
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145 | (2) |
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Contemporary mapping box Cartograms: changing the shape of the world |
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147 | (3) |
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Personality box Michael Kidron and the Pluto Press Project |
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150 | (6) |
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Chapter 9 Representing the future and the future of representation |
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156 | (17) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (2) |
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Changing perspectives on cartographic practice |
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161 | (4) |
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165 | (4) |
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The parameters of map production |
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Personality box Barbara Bartz Petchenik |
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References |
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Index |
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