Flattening the Earth

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9780226767475
 
Detailed survey of map projections from before 500BC to present.
As long as there have been maps, cartographers have grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem mapmakers have created literally hundreds of map projections. In this fascinating (though complex) book the author discusses and illustrates the hundreds of known map projections from 500 B.C. to the present. Not a book for the mathematically-challenged!
"The author has to be credited for his exhaustive and well-structured survey of this period for making a large volume of obscure and rather esoteric material accessible to a non-specialist audience. In this way the book is unique and a must for anyone who is interested in map projections."- Frank Canters, Geographical Journal.
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Weight 0.000000
Author John P. Snyder
Availability IP
Department Geography
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780226767475
Pages 384
Published 05/12/1997
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Section Geography
Size Unfolded 17x24cm
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