100 years of cartography - National Geographic Maps (2009)
100 years of cartography - National Geographic Maps (2009)
583 JPG | 4561x3448 | 300 dpi | 2.65 GB
Note for users of proposed collection of 538 high-quality maps from National Geographic various species which were collected for 100 years: geographic, physical, cultural and educational cards with illustrations. Maps of North America, Central and South America, California, Florida, the Arctic and Antarctic, map of the Moon, Mars, Milky Way and more. This compendium is a collection of maps from the official, 8-disc edition of National Geographic: National Geographic Maps: The Complete Collection.
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Mapping Hacks: Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography
English | 564 pages | O'Reilly Media, Inc. (June 1, 2005) | ISBN: 0596007035 | PDF | 33.5 MB
"Mapping Hacks," the latest page-turner from O'Reilly Press, tackles this notion head on. It's a collection of one hundred simple--and mostly free--techniques available to developers and power users who want draw digital maps or otherwise visualize geographic data.
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Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society
PDF / English / ISBN: 0226799735 / 1999 / 340 pages / Size: 16 MB
In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial relationships.
The second ediion of Maps and Civilization incorporates numerous revisions and has new material added throughout the book.
"The premier one-volume history of cartography. . . . Maps and Civilization should be a close companion for anyone interested in maps: where they came from, where they are now, and where to go for more detail."—John P. Snyder, Mercator's World
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