Choosing a Map Projection

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lapaine, Miljenko (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Usery, E. Lynn (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography,
• Θέματα: Geography.; Geotechnical engineering.; Geographical information systems.; Environmental monitoring.; Human geography.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.; Human Geography.

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 distortio...