Category Archives: Atlases & Maps

Atlas (World Atlas)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Carry the world in your pocket – now in its 4th edition. It might be small, but it covers every region of the world, from the Atacama Desert to the Zagros Mountains. Digital landscape modelling combined with important roads, railways, … Continue reading →

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Theory of Reflectance and Emittance Spectroscopy (Topics in Remote Sensing) (Volume 0)

Posted on February 26, 2005 by singleton

This book is aimed at students and researchers who wish to use reflectance and emittance as quantitative tools to measure the properties of surfaces and materials. It is intended primarily for use in the interpretation of remote observations of the … Continue reading →

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Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users

Posted on February 26, 2005 by singleton

Describing how to build balanced map layouts suited to varied mapping goals, this guide focuses on export options that suit different media and can be edited in other applications. The wide range of text characteristics needed for expert map design … Continue reading →

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Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits

Posted on February 26, 2005 by singleton

With the help of the Internet and accompanying tools, creating and publishing online maps has become easier and rich with options. A city guide web site can use maps to show the location of restaurants, museums, and art venues. A … Continue reading →

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Mapping Hacks: Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography

Posted on February 25, 2005 by singleton

Since the dawn of creation, man has designed maps to help identify the space that we occupy. From Lewis and Clark’s pencil-sketched maps of mountain trails to Jacques Cousteau’s sophisticated charts of the ocean floor, creating maps of the utmost … Continue reading →

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Lloyd’s Maritime Atlas of World Ports and Shipping Places

Posted on February 25, 2005 by singleton
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The Routledge Atlas of American History (Routledge Historical Atlases)

Posted on February 25, 2005 by singleton

The Routledge Atlas of American History presents a series of 157 clear and detailed maps, accompanied by informative captions, facts and figures. Updated with additional maps and text and including significant recent events, the complete history of America is unravelled … Continue reading →

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Michael Brein’s Guide to Sydney by Public Transit (Michael Brein’s Guides to Sightseeing By Public Transportation)

Posted on February 25, 1998 by singleton

Michael Brein’s Guide to Sydney by the Public Transit shows travelers how to go to Sydney’s top 50 visitor attractions by metro, rail, tram, and bus. The guide shows which transit to use, which lines to take, which stops to … Continue reading →

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Military Atlas of the First World War

Posted on February 26, 1997 by singleton

Arthur Banks’ classic map study of World War I has been out of print for some years, at a time when interest in the Great War is very much on the increase. Banks’ 250 maps present both broad general surveys … Continue reading →

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Antique Maps

Posted on February 26, 1994 by singleton

This is a standard reference work, incorporating a general historical background, methods of map making, practical advice on collecting old maps and a list of the major map makers. Organized country by country, it refers to over 600 cartographers active … Continue reading →

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