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Of Maps and Mapping

Book by General Drafting Company; General Drafting Company, 1959

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Cartography, Maps

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...There is one big plus for maps. They have retention...We made our first free map in 1922 for The First...developing the use of free maps. The idea advanced rapidly...that we avoid making maps for two competing firms...can make only one best map.
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Civil War Newspaper Maps: A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily Press

Book by David Bosse; Greenwood Press, 1993

Subjects:

Cartography--United States--History--Bibliography--Catalogs, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cartography--Bibliography--Catalogs, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps--Bibliography--Catalogs

Collections: History, Entire Library

...arose, editors pirated maps printed by other newspapers...will note that identical map titles may appear in different...the original source of a map they reprinted. A more...was to recycle ones own maps, often with a change of title, so that the same map might be reprinted a number...
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Producing the Pacific: Maps and Narratives of Spanish Exploration (1567-1606)

Book by Mercedes Maroto Camino; Rodopi, 2005

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Geographical Perception, Pacific Ocean--Discovery And Exploration--Spanish--Psychological Aspects, Pacific Ocean--Maps, Mental, Travelers' Writings, Spanish--Pacific Area--History And Criticism

Collections: History, Entire Library

...guiding travellers and navigators, maps have been used for economic benefit...for decoration. In fact, most maps are made to serve one or more...ornamental. Sometimes mapmakers or map users see these functions as...Nonetheless, even in very different maps, many underlying assumptions...
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Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge: Concept Maps as Facilitative Tools in Schools and Corporations

Book by Joseph D. Novak; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998

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Cognitive Maps (Psychology), Constructivism (Education), Instructional Systems--Design, Learning, Psychology Of

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...scores to concept maps, permitting statistical...Scoring a concept map, when scoring criteria...how does the concept map compare? Edwards...showed that concept maps constructed by students...em, but . . . the map shows out the more...I always use my maps. If you just read...
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Jamaica Surveyed: Plantation Maps and Plans of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Book by B. W. Higman; University of the West Indies Press, 2001

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Plantations--Jamaica, Real Property--Jamaica--Maps

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...operated to create a large stock of plantation maps and plans for Jamaica, but in order to...crown surveyorship. 6 The parish cadastral maps produced by the Surveyor Generals office...community at large was the utility of those old maps, that Mr. Harrison had so assiduously...

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Journal Articles on: maps

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Cognitive Map-Design Research in the Twentieth Century: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches

Journal article by Daniel R. Montello; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 29, 2002

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Map drawing, Maps--Analysis

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...its goal the understanding of maps, mapping, and map use in order to improve them...explain the genesis of The Look of Maps and map-design research in general...the methods and techniques of maps and map-making (Board 1981). In 1976...
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Maps and Map Learning in Social Studies

Journal article by Sarah Witham Bednarz, Gillian Acheson, Robert S. Bednarz; Social Education, Vol. 70, 2006

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Maps (Geography)--Study and teaching, Maps (Geography)--Usage, Maps--Study and teaching, Maps--Usage, Sociology--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Maps and Map Learning in Social Studies. by Sarah...have often defined their subject around maps and map use. In 1939, Richard Hartshorne stated...cling to a variety of misconceptions about maps and map use. (15) For example, people often...
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Statistics, Maps, and Legibility: Negotiating Nationalism in Post-revolutionary Mexico

Journal article by Michael A. Ervin; The Americas, Vol. 66, 2009

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Agricultural production, Data collection, Federal government, Maps, Nationalism, Public officials, Society

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...study is of how "a map created a nation...use statistics and maps to build nations in...federal officials with a map listing all municipal...so quickly that the maps were outdated prior...particular subject" - to map land-use patterns...example - thematic maps use "coastlines...
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Historic Maps and Archaeology as a Means of Understanding Late Precolonial Settlement in the Banda Islands, Indonesia

Journal article by Peter V. Lape; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 41, 2002

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Archaeology and history--Research, Banda Islands--History, Banda Islands--Research, Banda Islands--Social aspects, Land settlement patterns--Research, Maps, Early--Research, Maps, Early--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...neither of these maps show individual settlements. The earliest map to do that in detail...However, unlike the maps described above, this map is the earliest one...listed on some later maps. The second Gelderland map categorizes the settlements...
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Maps for Ordinary Consumers versus Maps for the Military: Double Standards of Map Accuracy in Soviet Cartography, 1917-1991

Journal article by Alexey V. Postnikov; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 29, 2002

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Cartography, Maps--Evaluation, Soviet Union. State Geodetic Service

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...organize the Institutes own Map Bureau to store soil maps (RGAE, Fond 8223, opis 1...with quality large-scale maps. A map at the scale of 1:100,000...source for any general-purpose map. Large-scale maps for ordinary consumers had...

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Magazine Articles on: maps

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Beyond Road Maps: the Topography of Digital Mapping Databases

Magazine article by David Mattison; Searcher, Vol. 12, January 2004

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Adams Business Media, Geographic information systems, Geospatial Information Technology Association, Information industry, International, Manycompanies, Maps, National Geographic Society, Online data bases, United States, Web sites

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...covering western Canada, including GIS-based maps and map-based data downloads. The Map Place http...antarcti.ca/start?ap=0;ms=10 or at Map.net http://maps.map.net/cat?ap=0;ms=10, which uses a cartographic...
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Map Interpretation and the Language of Maps

Magazine article by Bert Murphy; Green Teacher, Spring 2010

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Environmental education, Maps, Trees

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Map Interpretation and the Language of Maps by Bert Murphy IN THIS...representations, or both. Map vocabulary Words associated with maps are of two classes...exception of rudimentary sketch maps, require that the map reader be familiar with...
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Maps That Changed the Shape of Great Britain: Geography and Maps Are as Inseparable as History and Dates. over the Past Year, Nicholas Crane Has Been Working on Mapman, an Eight-Part BBC2 Television Series That Explores 'Masterpiece Maps' of Britain. Part One of His Exclusive Feature for Geographical Takes Us from the Middle Ages to a 17th-Century Coastal Chart

Magazine article by Nicholas Crane; Geographical, Vol. 76, October 2004

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Cartography--History, Early maps--Analysis, Maps (Geography)--Design and construction, Maps (Geography)--History, Maps, Early--Analysis, Maps--Design and construction, Maps--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the earliest four maps we chose: the mediaeval Gough map of around 1360; Saxtons...advanced was the Gough maps geography that no better map of Britain was produced...antiquarian--the map collector--was born. The passion for maps in the late 16th century...
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Where Was I?: Maps on the Web

Magazine article by Irene E. McDermott; Searcher, Vol. 10, June 2002

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Manycompanies, MapBlast, MapQuest.com Inc, Maps, Maps on Us, Maps.com, Ordnance Survey-UK, United States, World Wide Web

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...search button to generate a map based on your criteria. Directional Maps How do we get there from...directions on a paper map. Maps.com http://www...the site, "Each of the Map Machines dynamic maps is created on the fly...
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Maps on the Cusp of Change: When Spain's Philip II Sent out a Questionnaire to His New World Domains, Native and Spanish Respondents Had Some Surprising and Revealing Answers

Magazine article by Louis Werner; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 54, March 2002

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Cartography--16th century, Latin America--History, New Spain--Maps, Philip II, King of Spain--Conduct of life, Spain--History

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...Purely indigenous post-Conquest maps set equally high standards for...the Codex Kingsboroughs two maps of the Tepetlaoztoc region, the Codex Mendozas map of Tenochtitlan dating from...series of six chronological maps in the Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca...

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Newspaper Articles on: maps

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A THOUSAND WAYS ONLINE TO PUT LONDON ON THE MAP; TECH KNOW MARK PRIGG the Internet Has Revolutionised Maps -- and Now We're All Drawing Them

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 21, 2011

Subjects:

Digital map services, Google Maps (Map database)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...PUT LONDON ON THE MAP; TECH KNOW MARK PRIGG...Has Revolutionised Maps -- and Now Were All...such as the dot map which shows Cycle...popularity." The maps have even spread into...create their own online maps of London. "We want to let people create a map easily, and choose...
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Is the Satnav Turning Us All into Dunces at Map-Reading? Checking the Map: Not Always a Source of Harmony

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 29, 2008

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Digital map services

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...according to leading map experts, their rise...said electronic maps are too often inaccurate...London that internet maps are often wrong. A Google map of central Worcester...another internet map of Tewkesbury does...traditional Ordnance Survey maps will no longer be...
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Crime Maps of the UK

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 7, 2009

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Digital map services

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...areas. The design of the maps varies from force to force...scale Ordnance Survey map - with the exception of...also said that while the maps show where crime has taken...spokesman Chris Huhne said the maps should include detection...police forces online crime map at www.dailymail.co...
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These Maps of Offences in Your Area Are a Real Crime

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 8, 2009

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Digital map services

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...turn soon, Im sure.) Other maps show crime trends broken down...already warned that in London these maps could "literally wipe thousands...thoroughly investigated the crime map for our street. The crime rate...maybe not. The truth is, these maps cannot really show where crimes...
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COLOURS OF CRIME; Map Charts Police Progress

Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), January 8, 2009

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Digital map services

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

COLOURS OF CRIME; Map Charts Police Progress. Byline: By SIMON WALTON CRIME maps showing offences committed in...now publishing the internet maps, which show levels of burglary...average. The Cleveland Police maps rate crime as either very low...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: maps

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Map

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...scale and projection (see map projection ). Maps may also represent such...stored in databases to maps, increasing and varying the amount of information a map can display. Such systems are used to produce maps for business use, law...
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Map Projection

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

MAP PROJECTION transfer of the features...Among the other commonly used map projections are the Mollweide...are especially useful for world maps. Goodes homolosine projection...Bibliography See G. P. Kellaway, Map Projections (2d ed. 1970...
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Map, Walter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

MAP, WALTER c.1140 c.1210, English author, b. Wales. A favorite of Henry...tales, gossip, and anecdotes. Shrewd, witty, and satirical, the work shows Map as a wit and a man of the world, familiar with court life and public affairs...
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Mercator Map Projection

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

MERCATOR MAP PROJECTION see map projection . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Polyconic Map Projection

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

POLYCONIC MAP PROJECTION see map projection . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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