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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.