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OpenLayers Cookbook
Packt Publishing 2012; US$ 26.99Over 60 recipes to create GIS web applications with the open source JavaScript library more...
Korea
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 36.00The first general history of Korea as seen through maps, Korea: A Cartographic History provides a beautifully illustrated introduction to how Korea was and is represented cartographically. John Rennie Short, one of today’s most prolific and well-respected geographers, encapsulates six hundred years of maps made by Koreans and non-Koreans... more...
Geographical Design
Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2011; US$ 35.00With GIS technologies ranging from Google Maps and Google Earth to the use of smart phones and in-car navigation systems, spatial knowledge is often acquired and communicated through geographic information technologies. This monograph describes the interplay between spatial cognition research and use of spatial interfaces. It begins by reviewing what... more...
Preservation in Digital Cartography
Springer 2010; US$ 69.99The definition of cartographic heritage can be depicted by actual projects in modern cartography. A very basic structure of cartographic heritage is given by isolating map content, the development, preparation and creation of map content as well as map media and media carrier based issues. Therefore the topics within cartographic heritage span from... more...
Web Mapping Illustrated
O'Reilly Media 2008; US$ 39.99With the help of the Internet and accompanying tools, creating and publishing online maps has become easier and rich with options. A city guide web site can use maps to show the location of restaurants, museums, and art venues. A business can post a map for reaching its offices. The state government can present a map showing average income by area.... more...
Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis
Springer 2008; US$ 189.99Terrain analysis has been an active study field for years and attracted research studies from geographers, surveyors, engineers and computer scientists. With the rapid growth of Geographical Information System (GIS) technology, particularly the establishment of high resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEM) at national level, the challenge is now focused... more...
Journeys
Shell Education 2008; US$ 8.99A shark is a type of fish that has about 350 different species in the world. Sharks are made up of cartilage and are always growing new teeth. Sometimes the teeth grow in rows of 5. Sharks are known to be dangerous creatures, but they do not kill as many people as one would think. Some different sharks are whale sharks, great white sharks, hammerhead... more...
Looking at Maps
Shell Education 2008; US$ 8.99Maps show us where things are in the world with abstract pictures of what is in view. Many maps have grid coordinates that make it easier to locate where something is. A vertical grid line is known as longitude and a horizontal line is known as latitude. Symbols and keys are important parts of maps. A scale helps us know how far apart things are from... more...









