Map Projections
Title | Map Projections PDF eBook |
Author | L M Bugayevskiy |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 2013-12-19 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1482248034 |
Map projection concerns the science of mathematical cartography, the techniques by which the Earth's dimensions, shape and features are translated in map form, be that two-dimensional paper or two- or three- dimensional electronic representations. The central focus of this book is on the theory of map projections. Mathematical cartography also take
Map Projections--a Working Manual
Title | Map Projections--a Working Manual PDF eBook |
Author | John Parr Snyder |
Publisher | |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Map projection |
ISBN |
Under each of the projections described, the nonmathematical phases are presented first, without interruption by formulas. They are followed by the formulas and tables. Even with the mathematics, there are almost no derivations and very little calculus. The emphasis is on describing the characteristics of the projection and how it is used.
Map Projections
Title | Map Projections PDF eBook |
Author | John Parr Snyder |
Publisher | CUP Archive |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Map projection |
ISBN | 9781001413013 |
Map Projections
Title | Map Projections PDF eBook |
Author | John P. Snyder |
Publisher | |
Pages | 406 |
Release | 2012-10-31 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781839310218 |
After decades of using only one map projection, the Polyconic, for its mapping program, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) now uses several of the more common projections for its published maps. For larger scale maps, including topographic quadrangles and the State Base Map Series, conformal projections such as the Transverse Mercator and the Lambert Conformal Conic are used. Equal-area and equidistant projections appear in the National Atlas. Other projections, such as the Miller Cylindrical and the Van der Grinten, are chosen occasionally for convenience, sometimes making use of existing base maps prepared by others. Some projections treat the Earth only as a sphere, others as either ellipsoid or sphere. The USGS has also conceived and designed several new projections, including the Space Oblique Mercator, the first map projection designed to permit mapping of the Earth continuously from a satellite with low distortion. The mapping of extraterrestrial bodies has resulted in the use of standard projections in completely new settings. Several other projections which have not been used by the USGS are frequently of interest to the cartographic public. With increased computerization, it is important to realize that rectangular coordinates for all these projections may be mathematically calculated with formulas which would have seemed too complicated in the past, but which now may be programmed routinely, especially if aided by numerical examples. A discussion of appearance, usage, and history is given together with both forward and inverse equations for each projection involved.
Map Projections
Title | Map Projections PDF eBook |
Author | John P. Snyder |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Map Projections
Title | Map Projections PDF eBook |
Author | John Parr Snyder |
Publisher | |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Flattening the Earth
Title | Flattening the Earth PDF eBook |
Author | John P. Snyder |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 1997-12-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0226767477 |
Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem, mapmakers have created map projections. This work discusses and illustrates the known map projections from before 500BC to the present, with facts on their origins and use.