Articles about "cartography"
Map Reading - Basics of Map Reading
There are conventions used in cartography which allow a map to be read efficiently and ... A map's title provides important clues about the cartographer's ...
http://geography.about.com/od/studygeography/a/mapparts.htm
Latitude and Longitude - Learn Latitude and Longitude
latitude and longitude · cartography · coordinate systems. Jun 18 2008. A key geographical question throughout the human experience has been, "Where am I? ...
http://geography.about.com/cs/latitudelongitude/a/latlong.htm
Map Distance - Measuring Distance on a Map
geography · maps · cartography · scale. A map represents a portion of the earth's surface. Since an accurate map represents the land, each map has a "scale" ...
http://geography.about.com/cs/maps/a/mapscale.htm
Understand Maps
There are conventions used in cartography which allow a map to be read ... The great debate of cartography centers on the controversy surrounding these two ...
http://geography.about.com/od/understandmaps/Understand_Maps_and_Cartography.htm
Geography - Cartography and Understanding Maps
Archived articles about maps and cartography, from your About.com Guide.
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/topicsub1.htm
Cartography
A definition of the geography term cartography, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
http://geography.about.com/od/geographyglossaryc/g/ggcartography.htm
Cartography and Understanding Maps Features - Geography
Features about the cartography and reading maps, from your Mining Co. Guide.
http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blaacart.htm
Sea of Japan vs. East Sea
Once Korea and Japan agree on a common designation, which is in accord with the general rule of international cartography, we can then follow the agreed-on ...
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa022402a.htm
Peters Projection
According to prominent cartographer Arthur Robinson, the Peters map is "somewhat ... In an interview, Dr. Peters, who has no formal training in cartography, ...
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030201a.htm
Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and ...
No other scientific discipline or government enterprise is as pervasively cartographic as meteorology yet so disconnected from the community of professional ...
http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blairapparent.htm
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