Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Lapaine, Miljenko; Usery, E. Lynn

This book offers a much-needed critical approach to the intelligent use of the wide variety of map projections that are rapidly and inexpensively available today. It also discusses the distortions that are immanent in any map projection. 

A well-chosen map projection is one in which extreme distortions are smaller than those in any other projection used to map the same area and in which the map properties match its purpose. Written by leading experts in the field, including W. Tobler, F.C. Kessler, S.E. Battersby, M.P. Finn, K.C. Clarke, V.S. Tikunov, H. Hargitai, B. Jenny and N. Frančula. This book  is designed for use by laymen. 

The book editors are M. Lapaine and E.L. Usery, Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, of the ICA Commission on Map Projections for the period 2011-2015.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2017-04-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319518343

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51835-0

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 360