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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...
Cartographies of Travel and Navigation
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 48.00Finding one’s way with a map is a relatively recent phenomenon. In premodern times, maps were used, if at all, mainly for planning journeys in advance, not for guiding travelers on the road. With the exception of navigational sea charts, the use of maps by travelers only became common in the modern era; indeed, in the last two hundred years,... 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...
Maps and Politics
Reaktion Books 2000; US$ 26.50?We all rely on the apparent accuracy and objectivity of maps, but often do not see the very process of mapping as political. Are the power and purpose of maps inherently political? Maps and Politics addresses this important question and seeks to emphasize that the apparent ‘objectivity’ of the map-making and map-using process cannot... more...
Small-scale Map Projection Design
CRC Press 2002; US$ 84.95This book focuses on numerical map projection research and is written from the perspective of the map projection user. more...
Cartography and Art
Springer 2009; US$ 159.99Addresses the use of 'different' geo-communication tools that could allow for improved visualization of geography - by incorporating ART. This book helps to re-define how we can better visualise Space and Place, considering: Science, Technology and Art. more...
Multimedia Cartography
Springer 2007; US$ 189.99Provides an overview of the issues related to multimedia cartography and the design and production elements that are unique to this area of mapping. This book is for professional cartographers interested in moving into multimedia mapping, for cartographers involved in producing multimedia titles as well as for students and academics. more...
Thematic Cartography, Cartography and the Impact of the Quantitative Revolution
Wiley 2013; US$ 230.00This series in three volumes considers maps as constructions resulting from a number of successive transformations and stages integrated in a logical reasoning and an order of choices. Volume 2 focuses on the impact of the quantitative revolution, partially related to the advent of the computer age, on thematic cartography. more...









