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Fundamentals of cartography
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi
Cioncept Publishing Company
1989
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| Edition: | Revised and enlarged ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Nature and scope of cartography, History of cartography, Earth as a cartographic problem, Scales and their functions, Directions and coordinates and their functions, Geographic coordinates, Map projections and their functions, Geodetic and plane surveying, Surveying by remote sensing Aerial photo interpretation, Cartographic coverage of the World, Interpretation of topographical and geological maps, Collection and interpretation of statistical data, Compiling maps from other maps, Map design and layout, Lettering and toponomy, Mechanics of map construction, Mapping the terrain, Mapping the weather and climatic data, Mapping the socio economic data, Thematic and complex mapping, Constructing maps for children neo-literates and the blind, Map reproduction, Cataloguing, strong and marketing of Maps.