Map Projections: A Reference Manual

by Lev M. Bugayevskiy, John P. Snyder, John Snyder

Book Overview

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 takes in map scales and their variation, the division of maps into sets of sheets and nomenclature, and addresses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748403043
• ISBN13: 9780748403042
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.7"