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  title info:
    title: Basic Principles of Topography
  name:
    name part: Markoski, Blagoja.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2018
    edition: 1st ed. 2018.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 219 p. 132 illus., 103 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book gives a comprehensive overview of all relevant elements in topography and their practical application. It elaborates on the classical representation of terrain on maps such as cartographic projections, together with their classification, scale, and geographical elements. It is richly illustrated with photographs, maps and figures, in which the theoretical explanations are clarified. Readers will become acquainted with the physical characteristics of the ground, i.e. tectonic and erosive shapes, the importance and classification of terrain, genetic (fluvial, abrasive, glacial, karst) and topographic types such as higher (mountains, hills, peaks) and lower terrain (valleys, fields). In addition, the book discusses cartometry and coordinate systems, orientation in space (geographic, topographic, tactical) including by means of maps, instruments and the night sky and elaborates new techniques and technologies such as aerial photogrammetric imagery, global navigation satellite systems and LiDAR. The book also includes methods for the practical execution of concrete measurement operations, such as determining position and movement on land with maps, compass and azimuth which makes it especially useful for practitioners and professionals, e.g., for landscape planning, military exercises, mountaineering, nature walks etc. As such it offers a valuable guide not only for undergraduate students but also for researchers in the fields of geography, geosciences, geodesy, ecology, forestry and related areas looking for an overview on topography. Uniquely, the book also features an extensive glossary of topographical terms.
  table of contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Earth as Celestial Body -- Physical Characteristics of Land -- Representation of Land on Maps -- Mathematical Elements -- Scale -- Map Frames -- Hydrographic Elements -- Land and Vegetation -- Settlements -- Objects on Maps -- Communication as an Element of Maps -- Borders -- Geographical Names -- Coordinates -- Orientation in the Geographic Space -- Aerophotogrammetric and Satellite Images -- Mapping and Mapping of Vegetative Communities -- Literature -- Cartographic Signs -- Topographic Key.
  note: by Blagoja Markoski.
  subject:
    topic: Geographical information systems
  subject:
    topic: Geophysics
  subject:
    topic: Landscape ecology
  subject:
    topic: Regional planning
  subject:
    topic: Urban planning
  subject:
    topic: Forestry
  subject:
    topic: Politics and war
  subject:
    topic: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
  subject:
    topic: Geophysics/Geodesy
  subject:
    topic: Landscape Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
  subject:
    topic: Forestry
  subject:
    topic: Military and Defence Studies
  classification: GA1-1776
  classification: 910.285
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer Geography
  identifier: 9783319721477
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72147-7
  record info:
    record creation date: 180119
    record change date: 20191027042850.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-72147-7