Author : Julia J. Quinlan
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 37,24 MB
Release : 2012-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 144886156X
Explains how to interpret and understand scales and distances on maps.
Author : Tish Rabe
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 27,84 MB
Release : 2002-09-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0375810994
Laugh and learn with fun facts about mapmakers, geography, compasses, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! “You may travel the world, but no matter how far, with a map on your lap you will know where you are.” The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series combines beloved characters, engaging rhymes, and Seussian illustrations to introduce children to non-fiction topics from the real world! Go on a journey and learn: • how to read the latitude and longitude lines on a map • why a hiker uses a topographical map • why mapmakers use a scale and legends • and much more! Perfect for story time and for the youngest readers, There’s a Map on My Lap! All About Maps also includes an index, glossary, and suggestions for further learning. Look for more books in the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series! If I Ran the Horse Show: All About Horses Clam-I-Am! All About the Beach Miles and Miles of Reptiles: All About Reptiles A Whale of a Tale! All About Porpoises, Dolphins, and Whales Safari, So Good! All About African Wildlife Oh, the Lavas That Flow! All About Volcanoes Out of Sight Till Tonight! All About Nocturnal Animals What Cat Is That? All About Cats Once upon a Mastodon: All About Prehistoric Mammals Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today? All About Weather The Cat on the Mat: All About Mindfulness
Author : Scholastic, Inc. Staff
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 36,42 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780439117616
101 Reproducible outline maps of the continents, countries of the world, the 50 states, and more.
Author : Belén Gopegui
Publisher : City Lights Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,84 MB
Release : 2011-01-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780872865105
A novel and its protagonist create one another, in a tale strung between the work of Cervantes and Nabokov.
Author : Kären Wigen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 16,80 MB
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 022671862X
Maps organize us in space, but they also organize us in time. Looking around the world for the last five hundred years, Time in Maps shows that today’s digital maps are only the latest effort to insert a sense of time into the spatial medium of maps. Historians Kären Wigen and Caroline Winterer have assembled leading scholars to consider how maps from all over the world have depicted time in ingenious and provocative ways. Focusing on maps created in Spanish America, Europe, the United States, and Asia, these essays take us from the Aztecs documenting the founding of Tenochtitlan, to early modern Japanese reconstructing nostalgic landscapes before Western encroachments, to nineteenth-century Americans grappling with the new concept of deep time. The book also features a defense of traditional paper maps by digital mapmaker William Rankin. With more than one hundred color maps and illustrations, Time in Maps will draw the attention of anyone interested in cartographic history.
Author : D.H. Maling
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 1483287076
A revised and expanded new edition of the definitive English work on map projections. The revisions take into account the huge advances in geometrical geodesy which have occurred since the early years of satellite geodesy. The detailed configuration of the geoid resulting from the GEOS and SEASAT altimetry measurements are now taken into consideration. Additionally, the chapter on computation of map projections is updated bearing in mind the availability of pocket calculators and microcomputers. Analytical derivation of some map projections including examples of pseudocylindrical and polyconic projections is also covered. Work undertaken in the USA and USSR on the creation of suitable map projections obtained through numerical analysis has been included. The book concludes with a chapter on the abuse and misrepresentation of map projections. An invaluable reference source for professional cartographers and all those interested in the fundamental problems of mapping the Earth.
Author : Erin Meyer
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1610392590
An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life. Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Geology
ISBN :
Author : Denis Wood
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 29,77 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780898624939
This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead--through the mapmaker's bias. Denis Wood shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. Like paintings, they express a point of view. By connecting us to a reality that could not exist in the absence of maps--a world of property lines and voting rights, taxation districts and enterprise zones--they embody and project the interests of their creators. Sampling the scope of maps available today, illustrations include Peter Gould's AIDS map, Tom Van Sant's map of the earth, U.S. Geological Survey maps, and a child's drawing of the world. THE POWER OF MAPS was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design.
Author : Harvey Weiss
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 1995-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780395720288
Discusses various aspects of maps including direction, distance, symbols, latitude, and longitude, how maps are made, special purpose maps, and charts.
