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Flattening the Earth

- Two Thousand Years of Map Projections

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Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem, mapmakers have created map projections. This work discusses and illustrates the known map projections from before 500BC to the present, with facts on their origins and use.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226767475
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 384
  • Udgivet:
  • 5. december 1997
  • Størrelse:
  • 171x244x20 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 602 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 27. november 2024

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Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem, mapmakers have created map projections. This work discusses and illustrates the known map projections from before 500BC to the present, with facts on their origins and use.

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