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mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the Earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the Earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables.Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the medieval Latin: Mappa mundi, wherein mappa meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and mundi 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to a two-dimensional representation of the surface of the world. (Full article...)
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Czech Republic. (from History of cartography)Possibly the oldest surviving map has been engraved on this mammoth tusk, dated to 25,000 BC, found from Pavlov in the
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Samuel Dunn, 1794, containing star chart, map of the Solar System, map of the Moon and other features along with Earth's both hemispheres. (from History of cartography)A general map of the world by
- Infinitesimal elements on the sphere and a normal cylindrical projection (from
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- Scale variation near the equator for the tangent (red) and secant (green) Mercator projections. (from
- The Propaganda Map, a 1529 version of the Padrón Real now held by the
- A portrait of a mapmaker looking up intently from his charts and holding a caliper, 1714. (from
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Biscayne National Park, Florida, using a variety of point symbols, along with line and area symbols. Note the use of coordinated fill and stroke symbols for the national park area to solve the challenge of a water boundary. (from Cartographic design)Map of
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Tissot's indicatrix of deformation. (The distortion increases without limit at higher latitudes) (from Scale (map))The Mercator projection with
- A US civil war hachure paper map made in 1867 by Cartographer Nathaniel Michler vs. modern aerial photos over Chancellorsville, Virginia (from
- A graphical or bar scale. A map would also usually give its scale numerically ("1:50,000", for instance, means that one cm on the map represents 50,000cm of real space, which is 500 meters) (from
- Illustrated map (from
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Istanbul, with a high degree of contrast between the symbols, creating a strong visual hierarchy (transit lines are and look most important), figure-ground, and selectivity (the green national rail line can be isolated when necessary). Also note the harmonizing subdued tones of green and blue in the background. (from Cartographic design)A well-composed transit map of
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Al-Masudi's world map (10th century) (from History of cartography)
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Jaunpur c.1647. This was one of the only surviving Indian made maps. (from History of cartography)Map of the “Inhabited Quarter” by Sadiq Isfahani from
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Holy Land, Pietro Vesconte, 1321. Described by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld as "the first non-Ptolemaic map of a definite country". (from History of cartography)Map of the
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Atlas Van Loon (1664) (from History of cartography)
- A bar scale with the nominal scale expressed as "1:600 000", meaning 1 cm on the map corresponds to 600,000
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Mount Rainier National Park, Pinnacle Peak trail. (from Cartographic design)3D cartography of Washington State,
- The Da Ming Hun Yi Tu map, dating
- CIA map of Iraq, following typical labeling guidelines to maximize legibility and association (from
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1400 BC) (from History of cartography)Clay tablet with map of the Babylonian city of Nippur (c.
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD) silk map found in tomb 3 of Mawangdui Han tombs site, depicting the Kingdom of Changsha and Kingdom of Nanyue in southern China (note: the south direction is oriented at the top, north at the bottom). (from History of cartography)An early
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Tabula Peutingeriana (5th century). (from History of cartography)Modern version of the Roman
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Herodotus, 440 BC (from History of cartography)The world according to
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- A chart of an unidentified area (from
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Gough Map, a road map of 14th-century Britain (from History of cartography)The
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Tissot's indicatrix of deformation (from Scale (map))The equidistant projection with
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Tissot's indicatrix of deformation (from Scale (map))The Winkel tripel projection with
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Waldseemüller wall map dated 1507, depicts the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Ocean separating Asia from the Americas, by the Italian Amerigo Vespucci. (from History of cartography)Universalis Cosmographia, the
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Fra Mauro map, a medieval European map, was made around 1450 by the Italian monk Fra Mauro. It is a circular world map drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame, about two meters in diameter. (from History of cartography)The
- A chorochromatic map of world land cover, using hue, value, and saturation to differentiate nominal values (from
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Russian campaign of 1812 (1844) has been long recognized as a masterwork of cartographic design at a time when such was difficult and rare. (from Cartographic design)
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Martin Behaim's Erdapfel (1492) is considered to be the oldest surviving terrestrial globe. (from History of cartography)
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Pomponius Mela's world map. (from History of cartography)Reconstruction of
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Pedro Reinel (c. 1504), one of the first based on astronomical observations and to depict a scale of latitudes. (from History of cartography)Nautical chart by
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Hekatæus, 500 BC (from History of cartography)The world according to
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Equal Earth projection (2018), an increasingly popular equal-area pseudocylindrical projection for world maps (from Cartographic design)The
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Tissot's indicatrix of deformation (from Scale (map))Lambert's normal cylindrical equal-area projection with
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Tabula Rogeriana, drawn by Muhammad al-Idrisi for Roger II of Sicily in 1154. Note that the north is at the bottom, and so the map appears "upside down" compared to modern cartographic conventions. (from History of cartography)The
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Sikkim, India using shaded relief and hypsometric tints (a form of isarithm) to visualize terrain (from Cartographic design)A map of
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Salviati Planisphere, a 1526 version of the Padrón Real provided by Charles V to the cardinal who officiated his wedding to Isabella of Portugal. (from History of cartography)The
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Rokashi Hotan. (from History of cartography)The first Japanese printed map to depict the world, including Europe and America. Printed by woodblock in 1710, composed by the Buddhist monk
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World mapOrtelius (1570) (from History of cartography)
- Scale variation for the Lambert (green) and Gall (red) equal area projections. (from
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Juan de la Cosa (1500), the first map showing the Americas. (from History of cartography)World Map by
- "Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico by John Distrunell, the 1847 map used during the negotiations of the
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The Yu Ji Tu, or Map of the Tracks of Yu Gong, carved into stone in 1137, located in theClassic of History, dated 5th century BC. (from History of cartography)
- Infinitesimal elements on the sphere and a normal cylindrical projection (from
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TheNain Singh Rawat (19th century) received a Royal Geographical Society gold medal in 1876. (from History of cartography)
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“ | I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down. | ” |
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