insider.si.edu

Getting to know ArcGIS / Michael Law, Amy Collins

"For ArcGIS 10.2 and 10.3"--Front cover. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Getting To Know GIS: -- Introducing GIS -- Introducing ArcGIS -- Part 2: Getting Started With Maps And Data: -- ...
AOL

Global maps can distort the way people view the world

Learn why projections matter and how they shape global understanding. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape ...
Gizmodo

This is how map projections warp your understanding of geography

How distorting are map projections? Here’s what four commonly used systems of projection do to a human head. From the 1921 publication Elements in Map Projection comes this striking demonstration of ...
Directions Magazine

Beyond the Mercator Map: A More Realistic World View

In classrooms, offices, and libraries across the United States, one world map appears again and again: the Mercator projection. Its familiarity makes it feel authoritative, even though it was never ...
Nature

Maps: their Uses and Construction A Short Popular Treatise on the Advantages and Defects of Maps on Various Projections, followed by an Outline of the Principles involved in ...

A BOOK in English on map projections has long been needed, and the present work is a very welcome attempt to meet this need. It may be commended to all who have to deal with geographical questions, ...