June 2005
Intermediate to advanced
568 pages
24h 7m
English
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“Experiment with Different Cartographic Projections” [Hack #28] explores the
myriad features of GMT in much more depth.
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Explore David Rumsey’s Historical Maps Hack #23
Putting older maps online opens up possibilities that would likely stun the old
cartographers.
While most of the hacks in this book focus on how to create and use maps
that reflect the world as it is now, there are lots of reasons to look back at
older maps. Apart from the remarkable cartography and design of many of
the best older maps, these maps can help us see what features of our world
mapmakers considered important before the advent of superhighways, or
even canals and railroads.
Figure 3-1. Digging a hole from San Francisco...
Figure 3-2. ...and coming out in the Indian Ocean
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The David Rumsey Map Collection (http://www.davidrumsey.com), which
began as a physical map collection 20 years ago, offers over 10,000 maps
that visitors can explore online. Casual visitors can zoom in to appreciate
fine detail, while other users can overlay these maps with more recent ones,
using the combination to evaluate change over time.
These maps are available online, but are not free ...
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