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Choosing a Map Projection
Title statement Choosing a Map Projection [electronic resource] / edited by Miljenko Lapaine, E. Lynn Usery. Publication Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017. Phys.des. X, 360 p. 247 illus., 205 illus. in color. online resource. ISBN 9783319518350 Edition Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, ISSN 1863-2246 Contents Which Map is Best? -- Choosing a World Map -- Matching the Map Projection to the Need -- Map Projections and the Internet -- Cartograms as Map Projections -- Anamorphoses as a Method of Visualization -- Map Pojections in Planetary Cartography -- Combining World Map Projections -- A Guide to Selecting Map Projections for World and Hemisphere Maps -- The Logic of Selecting an Appropriate Map Projection in a Decision Support System (DSS) -- Short History on Map Projections -- Famous People and Map Projections -- Basics of Geodesy for Map Projections. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Another responsib. Lapaine, Miljenko. Usery, E. Lynn. Another responsib. SpringerLink (Online service) Subj. Headings Geography. * Geotechnical engineering. * Geographical information systems. * Environmental monitoring. * Human geography. Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Country Německo Language angličtina Document kind Electronic books URL Plný text pro studenty a zaměstnance UPOL book
This book offers a much-needed critical approach to the intelligent use of the wide variety of map projections that are rapidly and inexpensively available today. It also discusses the distortions that are immanent in any map projection. A well-chosen map projection is one in which extreme distortions are smaller than those in any other projection used to map the same area and in which the map properties match its purpose. Written by leading experts in the field, including W. Tobler, F.C. Kessler, S.E. Battersby, M.P. Finn, K.C. Clarke, V.S. Tikunov, H. Hargitai, B. Jenny and N. Frančula. This book is designed for use by laymen. The book editors are M. Lapaine and E.L. Usery, Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, of the ICA Commission on Map Projections for the period 2011-2015.
Which Map is Best? -- Choosing a World Map -- Matching the Map Projection to the Need -- Map Projections and the Internet -- Cartograms as Map Projections -- Anamorphoses as a Method of Visualization -- Map Pojections in Planetary Cartography -- Combining World Map Projections -- A Guide to Selecting Map Projections for World and Hemisphere Maps -- The Logic of Selecting an Appropriate Map Projection in a Decision Support System (DSS) -- Short History on Map Projections -- Famous People and Map Projections -- Basics of Geodesy for Map Projections.
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