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Mapping China and Managing the World
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 53.95From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the notion of ordering their world. Efforts to create and maintain order are expressed not only in China?s bureaucratic institutions and methods of social and economic organization but also in Chinese philosophy, religious and secular ritual, and... more...
Map Scripting 101
No Starch Press 2010; US$ 27.95Web services like Mapquest and Google Maps have transformed the way we think about and use maps. But these services do more than just driving directionsthey provide APIs that web developers can use to build customized map applications. In Map Scripting 101 , author Adam DuVander uses a project-based approach to teach you how to create useful... more...
Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery
CRC Press 2012; US$ 149.95Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery: Techniques and Applications reviews some of the latest developments in remote sensing and information extraction techniques applicable to topographic and thematic mapping. Providing an interdisciplinary perspective, leading experts from around the world have contributed chapters examining state-of-the-art... more...
Web Cartography
CRC Press 2000; US$ 56.95This book looks at the way maps are now used on the internet instead of the traditional paper maps that most of us are used to. A cutting edge book including case studies, examples, and its own website. more...
Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 49.95This book is a historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate. It traces the background and the reasoning behind the establishment of the survey programme, examines the foundations upon which the system was based, and strives to understand the motivation of those who implemented it. This study shows that the... more...
Algorithmic Foundation of Multi-Scale Spatial Representation
CRC Press 2006; US$ 129.95Presents an coverage of all known algorithms available for the geometric transformations in spatial representation of different types of spatial features. This book focuses on geometric transformations in multi-scale representations. It is for cartographers, geographers, GIS specialists, and scientists in computational geometry. more...
Cybercartography
Elsevier Science 2006; US$ 225.00For generations, the map has been central to how societies function all over the world. Cybercartography is a new paradigm for maps and mapping in the information era. Defined as ?the organization, presentation, analysis and communication of spatially referenced information on a wide variety of topics of interest to society,? cybercartography is presented... more...
Generalisation of Geographic Information
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 210.00Theoretical and Applied Solutions in Multi Scale Mapping Users have come to expect instant access to up-to-date geographical information, with global coverage--presented at widely varying levels of detail, as digital and paper products; customisable data that can readily combined with other geographic information. These requirements present an immense... more...
Policy Issues in Modern Cartography
Elsevier Science 1998; US$ 180.00Policy Issues in Modern Cartography addresses policy issues of special interest to cartographers. Some of them, such as copyright and intellectual property rights, are not new but take on new significance as a result of technological changes. Modern cartography is deeply interested in the technological advances of the information revolution and... more...
Maps and the Internet
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 170.00This book examines a new trend affecting cartography and geographic information science. Presenting the work of over 30 authors from 16 different countries, the book provides an overview of current research in the new area of Internet Cartography. Chapters deal with the growth of this form of map distribution, uses in education, privacy issues, and... more...









