June 2005
Intermediate to advanced
568 pages
24h 7m
English
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Preface
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We’ve learned a lot in the process of writing this book, and we continue to
document the process at http://mappinghacks.com/. We thank you, gentle
reader, for taking an interest in our work.
How to Use This Book
Books are the compasses and telescopes and
sextants and charts which other men have
prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas
of human life.
—Jesse Lee Bennett, What Books Can Do For You
You can read this book from cover to cover if you like, but for the most part,
each hack stands on its own, so feel free to browse and jump to the different
sections that interest you most. If there’s a prerequisite you need to know
about, a cross-reference will guide you to the right hack. So, feel free to
browse, flipping around to whatever sections interest you most.
How This Book Is Organized
The book is divided into several chapters, organized by subject:
Chapter 1, Mapping Your Life
Find the important places in your life on online road maps and aerial
imagery, consider the spatial aspects of your personal digital media col-
lection, and examine geographic data with nongeographic tools.
Chapter 2, Mapping Your Neighborhood
The story of your immediate surroundings: politically, demographi-
cally, electromagnetically, and in full-color 3-D.
Chapter 3, Mapping Your World
From maps of the historical past to maps of other planets, learn why
getting a round world to look right on a flat surface ...
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