postmodernity international constructions

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The Cartographic Eye: How Explorers Saw Australia
Simon Ryan

Cambridge University Press, 1996

This book is about the mythologies of land exploration, and about space and the colonial enterprise in particular. It is an innovative investigation of the presumptions, aesthetics and politics of Australian explorers' texts that shows that they are not the simple, unadorned observations their authors would have us believe. The book argues that contact with Aborigines are occasions of discursive contest. It scrutinizes and undermines the ...

Cartographic Fictions: Maps, Race, and Identity

1 review
Karen Lynnea Piper

Rutgers University Press, 2002

Very informative & insightful
This book is an interesting analysis of the role of race and gender in mapping expeditions and the development of cartographic technologies. Highly recommended!

A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts
Francis Harvey

The Guilford Press, 2008

This pragmatic book introduces key concepts and skills to prepare students to understand and use geographic information systems (GIS). The text thoroughly explains what geographic information is, how it is represented and analyzed, and what it communicates about human and environmental activities and events that take place on our planet. Basic principles of map making and map reading are integrated with discussions of relevant information ...

CARTOGRAPHIC SCIENCE: A Compendium of Map Projections, with Derivations
Donald Fenna

CRC, 2006

Geographic books routinely introduce map projections without providing mathematical explanations of projections and few delve into complex mathematical development or cover the breadth of projections. From basic projecting to advanced transformations, Cartographic Science: A Compendium of Map Projections, with Derivations is a comprehensive reference that offers an explanation of the science of cartography. The book is a compilation of more ...

Cartographic Mexico: A History of State Fixations and Fugitive Landscapes (Latin America Otherwise)
Raymond B. Craib

Duke University Press, 2004

In Cartographic Mexico , Raymond B. Craib analyzes the powerful role cartographic routines such as exploration, surveying, and mapmaking played in the creation of the modern Mexican state in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Such routines were part of a federal obsessionâ€”or “state fixation”â€”with determining and “fixing” geographic points, lines, and names in order to facilitate economic development and ...

Cartographic Relief Presentation

3 reviews
Eduard Imhof

ESRI Press, 2007

outstanding book
This book is even more incredible than I expected. The art and science of relief representation in black and white and color is explained clearly. The stereoscopic pairs are incredible and this book is a treasure.

Geographic Information Systems and Cartographic Modeling

1 review
C. Dana Tomlin

Prentice Hall College Div, 1990

This is where raster GIS started...
...well not really, but this book sparked the scientific interest in it. The concepts surrounding surface analysis date back to late 1970s and were championed by Dana Tomlin with his PhD dissertation in 1983, which was later published as this book. Here, Tomlin introduces map algebra operators based on how a computer algorithm obtains data values for processing raster surfaces. He identifies ...

Satellite World Atlas: Two Stunning Views of Our World

MetroBooks, 2000

Ordinary maps were never like this! Here’s a thoroughly modern and distinctive approach to mapping that provides a unique look at our planet, reveals fresh insights into the relationship between humans and their environment, and opens up exciting perspectives on the world today. The maps are created from images captured by satellites orbiting 500 miles above the earth’s surface; enhancement of the topography results in a new ...

The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World
Denis Wood, John Fels

University Of Chicago Press, 2008

Cartographers have known for decades that maps are far from objective representations of the world; rather, every map reflects the agendas and intentions of its creators. Yet that understanding has had almost no effect on the way maps are viewed and used by the general public. In The Natures of Maps , cartographers Denis Wood and John Fels present a compelling exploration of a wide range of maps to answer the question of, as they put it, why ...

Cartographic Design Using Arcview GIS

6 reviews
Madej

OnWord Press (Acquired Titles), 2000

Take your mapping to the next level!
Clear and concise! Step by step details on how to make your maps more powerful and readable. I especially liked the lists of additional resources throughout the book, particularly how to design your maps for your web site.

Cartographic Strategies of Postmodernity: The Figure of the Map in Contemporary Theory and Fiction (Routledge ...
Peta Mitchell

Routledge, 2007

The last fifty years have witnessed the growing pervasiveness of the figure of the map in critical, theoretical, and fictional discourse. References to mapping and cartography are endemic in poststructuralist theory, and, similarly, geographically and culturally diverse authors of twentieth-century fiction seem fixated upon mapping. While the map metaphor has been employed for centuries to highlight issues of textual representation and ...

Apollo's Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination
Denis Cosgrove

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

"Earthbound humans are unable to embrace more than a tiny part of the planetary surface. But in their imagination they can grasp the whole of the earth, as a surface or a solid body, to locate it within infinities of space and to communicate and share images of it." -- from the Preface Long before we had the ability to photograph the earth from space -- to see our planet as it would be seen by the Greek god Apollo -- images of the earth as a ...

Cartographic Cinema
Tom Conley

Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007

Cartography and cinema are what might be called locational machinery. Maps and movies tell their viewers where they are situated, what they are doing, and, to a strong degree, who they are. In this groundbreaking work, eminent scholar Tom Conley establishes the ideological power of maps in classic, contemporary, and avant-garde cinema to shape the imaginary and mediated relations we hold with the world. Cartographic Cinema examines the ...

South East Asia Map by Hema (International Maps)
CartDeco Cartographics

Hema Maps Pty. Ltd, 2001

Folded political map of South East Asia covering from southern China to northern Australia. Printed on high-quality coated paper stock. Distinguishes between major and minor roads, towns and cities. Also identifies moutain heights and ocean depths. Scale 1:7,500,000.

Cartographic Encounters: Perspectives on Native American Mapmaking and Map Use (The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., ...

University Of Chicago Press, 1998

Ever since a Native American prepared a paper "charte" of the lower Colorado River for the Spaniard Hernando de Alarcón in 1540, Native Americans have been making maps in the course of encounters with whites. This book charts the history of these cartographic encounters, examining native maps and mapmaking from the pre- and post-contact periods. G. Malcolm Lewis provides accessible and detailed overviews of the history of native North American ...

National Geographic: As We Begin Our Second Century, the Geographic Asks: Can Man Save This Fragile Earth? ...
Bart McDowell, John J. Putman, ...

National Geographic Society, 1988

National Geographic: As We Begin Our Second Century, the Geographic Asks: Can Man Save This Fragile Earth? (Vol. 174, No. 6, December 1988, Special Limited Collector's Edition with Holographic Covers) [LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION] (Paperback) by Bart McDowell (Author), John J. Putman (Author), Thomas J. Abercrombie (Author), Harvey Arden (Author), David S. Boyer (Author), Mike Edwards (Author), Noel Grove (Author), Bryan Hodgson (Author), ...

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