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Author : George M. Wheeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11485458
Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121145309
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917910329
Author : George Montague Wheeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001103469750
Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015021096683
Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Military engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015022453107
Author : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020020090
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11607689
Author : Science Advisory Board
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Science
ISBN : NAP:10701
Author : Thomas G. Manning
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813194707
From its very inception in 1879 until the twentieth century, the U.S. Geological Survey was embroiled in congressional politics. These early years, Thomas G. Manning shows, heralded the complex relations of contemporary science and government. Born out of rivalry between several scientific parties, the Geological Survey was founded primarily for the advancement of mining west of the Mississippi. Its scope was soon broadened, however, and the Survey became national in character. The concept of government science was challenged by the conservative Cleveland Democrats, but its proponents succeeded in establishing the Survey as a permanent bureau in 1886. Manning traces in detail the careers of the Survey's first two directors, Clarence King and John Wesley Powell, and adds new dimensions and interpretations to their public lives. King sought to make the Survey a center for geological theory as well as practical studies. By exceeding the narrow limits of the original appropriations bill, King became vulnerable to the attacks of economy-minded congressmen and was dismissed. Powell proved a more apt political manipulator and his plans for a nationwide topographical map were salable to the public, but his unpopular western land policies almost cost him his position. Near the end of the nineteenth century, under Powell's successor, C. D. Walcott, the Survey was finally able to divorce itself from active politics and its policies were developed in a more fruitful setting.
Author : William Rankin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226339535
For most of the twentieth century, maps were indispensable. They were how governments understood, managed, and defended their territory, and during the two world wars they were produced by the hundreds of millions. Cartographers and journalists predicted the dawning of a “map-minded age,” where increasingly state-of-the-art maps would become everyday tools. By the century’s end, however, there had been decisive shift in mapping practices, as the dominant methods of land surveying and print publication were increasingly displaced by electronic navigation systems. In After the Map, William Rankin argues that although this shift did not render traditional maps obsolete, it did radically change our experience of geographic knowledge, from the God’s-eye view of the map to the embedded subjectivity of GPS. Likewise, older concerns with geographic truth and objectivity have been upstaged by a new emphasis on simplicity, reliability, and convenience. After the Map shows how this change in geographic perspective is ultimately a transformation of the nature of territory, both social and political.
Author : Lloyd Arnold Brown
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780486238739
"An important and scholarly work; bringing together much information available heretofore only in scattered sources. Easily readable." — Gerald I. Alexander, F.R.G.S. Cartographer, Map Division, New York Public Library. The first authoritative history of maps and the men who made them. The historical coverage of this volume is immense: from the first two centuries A.D. — Strabo and Ptolemy — through the end of the 19th century, with some discussion of 20th-century developments. 86 illustrations. Extensive notes and bibliography. "Mr. Brown felicitously marries scholarship to narrative and dramatic skill." — Henry Steele Commager.
Author : California State Mining Bureau. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Geology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032232568
Author : California State Mining Bureau. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN : UCAL:$B106750
Author : Elri Liebenberg,Imre Josef Demhardt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642190872
This volume comprises the proceedings of the 2010 International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography. The nineteen papers reflect the research interests of the Commission which span the period from the Enlightenment to the evolution of Geographical Information Science. Apart from studies on general cartography, the volume, which reflects some co-operation with the ICA Commission on Maps and Society and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), contains regional studies on cartographic endeavours in Northern America, Brazil, and Southern Africa. The ICA Commission on Maps and Society participated as its field of study often overlaps with that of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography. The USGS which is the official USA mapping organisation, was invited to emphasise that the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography is not only interested in historical maps, but also has as mandate the research and document the history of Geographical Information Science. The ICA Commission on Maps and Society participated as its field of study often overlaps with that of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography. The USGS which is the official USA mapping organisation, was invited to emphasise that the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography is not only interested in historical maps, but also has as mandate the research and document the history of Geographical Information Science.