Book Description
'My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said...' Mike Parker, presenter of Radio 4’s On the Map, celebrates the richness of all things maps in this fantastic, critically-acclaimed read, completely updated in 2023.
Author : Mike Parker
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 30,65 MB
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0007345178
'My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said...' Mike Parker, presenter of Radio 4’s On the Map, celebrates the richness of all things maps in this fantastic, critically-acclaimed read, completely updated in 2023.
Author : Mike Parker
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 31,47 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0007351577
Maps not only show the world, they help it turn. On an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without even noticing: checking the A-Z, the road atlas or the Sat Nav, scanning the tube or bus map, a quick Google online or hours wasted flying over a virtual Earth, navigating a way around a shopping centre, watching the weather forecast, planning a walk or a trip, catching up on the news, booking a holiday or hotel. Maps pepper logos, advertisements, illustrations, books, web pages and newspaper and magazine articles: they are a cipher for every area of human existence. At a stroke, they convey precise information about topography, layout, history, politics and power. They are the unsung heroes of life: Map Addict sings their song. There are some fine, dry tomes out there about the history and development of cartography: this is not one of them. Map Addict mixes wry observation with hard fact and considerable research, unearthing the offbeat, the unusual and the downright pedantic in a celebrati on of all things maps.
Author : Mike Parker
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,65 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Cartography
ISBN :
Maps not only show the world, they help it turn. 'Map Addict' mixes wry observation with hard fact and considerable research, unearthing the offbeat, the unusual and the downright pedantic in a celebration of all things maps.
Author : Mike Parker
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 27,40 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0007300840
My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said!
Author : Ken Jennings
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 19,87 MB
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1439167184
Traces the history of mapmaking while offering insight into the role of cartography in human civilization and sharing anecdotes about the cultural arenas frequented by map enthusiasts.
Author : Judith A. Tyner
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1462516483
"Maps have power--they can instruct, make life easier, mislead, or even lie. This engaging text provides the tools to read, analyze, and use any kind of map and assess its strengths and weaknesses. Requiring no advanced math skills, the book presents basic concepts of symbolization, scale, coordinate systems, and projections. It gives students a deeper understanding of the types of maps they encounter every day, from turn-by-turn driving directions to the TV weather report. Readers also learn how to use multiple maps and imagery to analyze an area or region. The book includes 168 figures, among them 22 color plates; most of the figures can be downloaded as PowerPoint slides from the companion website. Appendices contain a glossary, recommended resources, a table of commonly used projections, and more"--
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Publisher :
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 39,13 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Public health
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Author : Simon Garfield
Publisher : Avery
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 15,12 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1592407803
Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore.
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 16,2 MB
Release : 2004-05
Category :
ISBN :
Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
Author : C. Shelby
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,80 MB
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1137552859
Addiction argues that addiction should be understood not as a disease but as a phenomenon that must be understood on many levels at once. Employing a complex dynamic systems approach and philosophical methodology, Shelby explains addiction as an irreducible neurobiological, psychological, developmental, environmental, and sociological phenomenon.