The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history. Maps have been... 142 KB (17,588 words) - 11:31, 14 April 2024 |
Cartography (/kɑːrˈtɒɡrəfi/; from Ancient Greek: χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice... 61 KB (7,307 words) - 04:01, 23 March 2024 |
Map (redirect from Physical map (cartography)) History of cartography), and one who makes maps is called a cartographer. Road maps are perhaps the most widely used maps today, and form a subset of... 33 KB (4,185 words) - 21:14, 15 April 2024 |
The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States. Maps of the New World had been produced since... 2 KB (176 words) - 14:40, 19 April 2024 |
Medieval Islamic geography and cartography refer to the study of geography and cartography in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age (variously... 39 KB (4,692 words) - 06:04, 3 April 2024 |
Geography (redirect from Geography of the earth) "Ptolemaic tradition" of geography, which included "Ptolemaic cartographic theory." However, the concepts of geography (such as cartography) date back to the... 91 KB (9,327 words) - 17:17, 25 April 2024 |
evidence for recognizable practices of geography, such as cartography, prior to the use of the term. The known world of Ancient Egypt saw the Nile as the... 73 KB (9,472 words) - 11:10, 26 March 2024 |
The cartography of India begins with early charts for navigation and constructional plans for buildings. Indian traditions influenced Tibetan and Islamic... 19 KB (2,256 words) - 23:26, 26 March 2024 |
The cartography of the region of Palestine, also known as cartography of the Holy Land and cartography of the Land of Israel, is the creation, editing... 43 KB (2,441 words) - 00:48, 28 January 2024 |
The History of Cartography Project is a publishing project in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It was founded by David... 4 KB (490 words) - 17:34, 21 December 2022 |
of determining the longitude of any given place on Earth. The measurement of longitude is important to both cartography and navigation. In particular... 85 KB (10,318 words) - 12:10, 22 March 2024 |
The cartography of Asia can refer to the representation of Asia on a map, or to depictions of the world by cartographers from Asia. Depictions of portions... 5 KB (601 words) - 16:52, 5 February 2024 |
Measure: Chinese Maps between Observation and Text". In Harley, J.B.; Woodward, David (eds.). The History of Cartography. University of Chicago Press.... 6 KB (713 words) - 10:28, 22 March 2024 |
projection List of map projections Orthographic projection in cartography History of cartography Cartographic expeditions to Greenland History of geography... 5 KB (351 words) - 23:15, 26 March 2024 |
representation of all of Europe, including Scandinavia shown as a peninsula. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maps of Europe. History of Cartography Geography... 1 KB (135 words) - 16:52, 5 February 2024 |
Critical cartography is a set of mapping practices and methods of analysis grounded in critical theory, specifically the thesis that maps reflect and perpetuate... 17 KB (1,936 words) - 06:03, 29 December 2023 |
Marshall Islands stick chart (category Cartography by country) charts are a significant contribution to the history of cartography because they represent a system of mapping ocean swells, which was never before accomplished... 10 KB (1,172 words) - 20:28, 8 March 2024 |
Fantasy cartography, fictional map-making, or geofiction is a type of map design that visually presents an imaginary world or concept, or represents a... 30 KB (2,835 words) - 16:14, 11 November 2023 |
Japanese maps (redirect from Cartography of Japan) two of History of Cartography: Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies (Hartley et al., eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago... 25 KB (3,624 words) - 05:45, 16 February 2024 |
Earth's circumference (redirect from History of Earth's circumference measurement) Surviving Instance of Spherical Cartography? Did It Supply the 5000 Stades Arc for Eratosthenes' Experiment?". Archive for History of Exact Sciences. 26... 21 KB (2,446 words) - 18:08, 21 April 2024 |
Geographer (section Areas of study) Matthew H., eds. (2020). The History of Cartography, Volume 4: Cartography in the European Enlightenment. University of Chicago Press. pp. 557–558. ISBN 9780226339221... 14 KB (1,289 words) - 18:51, 4 February 2024 |
Portolan chart (section Theories of origin) Tony (18 November 2016). "Cartographic innovations by the early portolan chartmakers". Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject... 19 KB (2,310 words) - 19:02, 18 February 2024 |
Cornelis Koeman (section History of cartography) engineer and cartographer, famous for his work on the history of cartography. Cor Koeman was born as son of Teun Koeman, gardener, and Grietje Ham. He wanted... 5 KB (701 words) - 17:21, 2 March 2024 |