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Title: On the Origins of Analytical Cartography.
Author: Keith C. Clarke
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2000
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 27Issue: 3Page: 195

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This digital document is an article from Philological Quarterly, published by University of Iowa on September 22, 1995. The length of the article is 39314 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Daniel Defoe's 'Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain' (1724-1726) is an early example of thematic cartography, in which Defoe transforms the landscape of Great Britain into a scheme for economic development. The 'Tour' is written to scale like a map and is organized by circuits that use London as a reference point, allowing a complete survey with all points related in a system of intersecting lines. In addition, Britain's rivers are portrayed as exploitable for trade through the myth of a national system of canals.

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Title: 'A true survey of the ground': Defoe's 'Tour' and the rise of thematic cartography.
Author: Christopher Parkes
Publication: Philological Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1995
Publisher: University of Iowa
Volume: v74Issue: n4Page: p395(20)

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This digital document is an article from Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, published by University of Nebraska Press on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 933 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cartographies of Desire: Captivity Race, and Sex in the Shaping of an American Nation.(Review)
Author: Don Dingledine
Publication: Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Volume: 18Issue: 1Page: 108

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This digital document is an article from Cartography and Geographic Information Science, published by American Congress on Surveying & Mapping on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2469 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Commentary on "A History of Twentieth-Century American Academic Cartography" by Robert McMaster and Susanna McMaster.
Author: Sara Irina Fabrikant
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 30Issue: 1Page: 81(4)

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What went wrong??
The first edition of this book is wonderful.Good writing and clear, easy to understand graphics made this book a must-have for anyone interested in computer cartography. I came at this book from an robotics standpoint and soon decided that this book would make a great addition to my personal library (I had checked out the 1st edition from the department's library).When I saw that the 2nd edition was out, I thought "Hey!Even better!" Sad to say, I was wrong. I will be charitable and assume that Clarke must have been rushed into putting this edition out without the chance to check his work.In the Preface, he mentions that the second edition was ported over to a new word processor, redrafted every figure inthe book and captured images directly into the word processor from the sample applications. This admission only makes me wonder: What went wrong?? The figures are not registered correctly, oversized to the point that key sub figures and parts of figures are totally missing and labels are even missing or (worse) labeling the wrong thing! Some specific examples are figures 6.02, 6.03 and 8.07 in the first edition, now 8.2, 8.3 and 10.6 in the second.In all three cases, the 2nd edition figures are oversized.In the case of figure 6.03/8.3, "Freeman codes as a line data structure," the lines are so fat and unregistered that the figure is no longer clearly understandable.Even worse is figure 8.07/10.6, "Dutton's fractal enhancement for coastlines"In the first edition, this figure is in two parts; the first shows how the fractal enhancement algorithm shifts data points to improve the overall appearance of the coastline, while the second part shows a sample low-resolution coastline and the associated fractally-enhanced coastline.In the second edition figure, only the first subfigure is visible, bloated to the point that it makes little sense to anyone who hasn't seen the first edition figure.Worse yet, the second subfigure is completely missing!Without that, the diagram is without visual context and makes no sense. Just to be fair, I took both editions and showed them around the department and asked the quesiton: Is either book a first draft? If so, which?If not, which is second edition and which is forst edition?The answer came back unanimous that the so-called second edition must be the rough draft, with the older, first edition as the actual published draft.When the truth was revealed, reactions ranged from laughter to shock and even to anger that quality control in the publishing industry had fallen so low.Considering that cartography is primarily a visual medium, mistakes of this caliber are simply inexcusable. In contrast, the writing is still of good quality.However, without understandable figures associated with the concepts presented in text, what were simple ideas and insightful statements have become instead cryptic and confusing. It is really a shame to see such a good book fall so far.I still strongly reccomend the first edition of this book (if you can find it).DO NOT buy the second editon unless you really need it.Your money would be better spent calling Mr. Clarke to complain.Sorry, but that' the way I see it. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Cartography and Geographic Information Science, published by American Congress on Surveying & Mapping on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 581 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The World through Maps: a History of Cartography.(Book Review)
Author: Bruce Fetter
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 32Issue: 1Page: 61(1)

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Title: A history of twentieth-century American academic cartography.
Author: Robert McMaster
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2002
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 29Issue: 3Page: 305(17)

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Title: Geographic Information Systems and Science.(Review)
Author: Shivanand Balram
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2002
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 29Issue: 1Page: 53(2)

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This digital document is an article from Cartography and Geographic Information Science, published by American Congress on Surveying & Mapping on October 1, 2002. The length of the article is 5870 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Flexible standardization: making interoperability accessible to agencies with limited resources.(mapping)
Author: Nadine Schuurman
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 29Issue: 4Page: 343(11)

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Title: Complexity and Intractability: Limitations to Implementation in Analytical Cartography.
Author: Alan Saalfeld
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2000
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 27Issue: 3Page: 239

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This digital document is an article from Cartography and Geographic Information Science, published by American Congress on Surveying & Mapping on April 1, 2000. The length of the article is 15241 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Reducing Linear and Perimeter Measurement Errors in Raster-based Data.(in cartography and geographic information systems)
Author: David M. Theobald
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2000
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 27Issue: 2Page: 111

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Title: The Scope and Conceptual Content of Analytical Cartography.
Author: Harold Moellering
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2000
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 27Issue: 3Page: 205

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Title: Qibla, and related, map projections (1).(retro-azimuthal projections)
Author: Waldo Tobler
Publication: Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2002
Publisher: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Volume: 29Issue: 1Page: 17(7)

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This digital document is an article from Campaigns & Elections, published by Campaigns & Elections, Inc. on April 4, 1999. The length of the article is 1835 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The use of maps to establish offensive and defensive tactics in military campaigns can also be applied to political campaigns. Such maps can contain information that can help candidates determine possible election trends and patterns. Demographics, vote history, surveys and other socioeconomic variables will help parties and candidates plan their course of action. Such a campaign cartography may include forecasting and post-election analysis, media buying, targeted leaflet distribution and door-to-door campaigns.

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Title: Tactical cartography: mapping the political battlefield and targeting campaign opportunities in the computer age.
Author: Charles Lindauer
Publication: Campaigns & Elections (Refereed)
Date: April 4, 1999
Publisher: Campaigns & Elections, Inc.
Volume: 20Issue: 3Page: 48(4)

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