History of Cartography -

History of Cartography

International Symposium of the ICA, 2012
Buch | Softcover
IX, 336 Seiten
2015 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-42794-7 (ISBN)
139,99 inkl. MwSt
This book offers 22 papers from the 4th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography held in 2012 at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. Arranged by region, they embody the conference theme: Exploration - Discovery - Cartography.
This volume collects 22 papers presented at the 4th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, held at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, on 28-29 June 2012. The overall conference theme is 'Exploration - Discovery - Cartography', but preference has been given to papers dealing with cartography in the 19th and 20th centuries. The papers are classified according to regional sub-themes, i.e. papers on the Americas, papers on Africa, etc.

Redefining Imperial Borders: Marking the Eastern Border of the Habsburg Monarchy in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century.- Exploring and mapping the Danube: Reading a hydrographical map of Buda and Pest (1833).- Saxony's role in the measurement of the Central European Meridian Arc as an international geodetic project since 1862.- Media-related Aspects of Popularization: The Geographical Serials from the Publishing Houses of Friedrich Justin Bertuch.- Exploring along the Rome Meridian - Roger Boscovich and the First Modern Map of the Papal States.- The Mineral Maps of L. F. Marsigli and the Mystery of a Mine Map.- The long life of a 1:200 000 map of Central Europe and the Balkans.- Villages, Actors of Local Cartography? The Cadastral Maps of the Banat (1772-79).- The Historical Evolution of Craiova Municipality (Romania) Results from the Analysis of Cartographic Documents.- A Brief History of the Boundary Mapping Between Indonesia and Timor-Leste.- Colonial Powers and Geographic Naming -A Case study of Orchid Island (Lanyu), Taiwan.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
Publications of the International Cartographic Association (ICA)
Zusatzinfo IX, 336 p.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 534 g
Themenwelt Reisen Karten / Stadtpläne / Atlanten Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Schlagworte Cartography • Earth and Environmental Science • exploration • Geographical Information Science • Geographical Information Systems/Cartography • Geography • History Cartography • ICA 2012 • International Symposium of the ICA 2012
ISBN-10 3-642-42794-4 / 3642427944
ISBN-13 978-3-642-42794-7 / 9783642427947
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