Traces the level of knowledge that students at the University of Minnesota had from 1957 to 1986 in terms of names on the map of Africa and images of the continent.-(D. W. Gade).
The general mental map of Czech Silesia was drawn on the basis of individual respondents maps. It shows the care, domain and peripheral areas of Silesia in the minds of its inhabitants. The method was combined with interviews aimed at establishing
as in every locality in which an industrial transformation has taken place. The position of Czech Silesia in the minds of its inhabitants was mapped in the form of mental maps several years ago at the university of Ostrava. Now, the considerations regarding
The Czech Republic consists of three historical provinces : Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. While the first and second of these are well known, to the point where their existences in the minds of their inhabitants are not under discussion
Agricultural land use ; Automated mapping ; Information system ; Land ; Land redistribution ; Land reform ; Landed property ; Limpopo ; Modelling ; South Africa
Land reform remains high on South Africa’s list of national priorities, but the results since 1994 have been meagre. One key issue that often stymies well-meaning reform minded institutions, bureaucrats, activists and land owners is a lack
Katalog dawnych map Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w kolekcji Emeryka Hutten Czapskiego i w innych zbiorach. T. 1: Mapy XV-XVI wieku.. (A catalogue of early maps of the Polish Commonwealth in the collection of Emeryk Hutten Czapski and in others. T. 1
: Maps of XV-XVI century)
A catalogue comprises maps from the map collection of Emeryk Hutten Czapski who accumulated one of the largest private collections of early maps of Poland numbering about 770 in all. The first volume comprises 82 maps from the fifteenth
with important items which do not have a place in the collection. With this aim in mind an Appendix of the most important items outside the collection in the possession of other institutes has been added. Thanks to this, the volume presents a survey of the most
important early maps of the Polish Commonwealth. This is in one sense a guide to valuable cartographic items relating to the early Polish Commonwealth with an accurate index and interpretation. The Catalogue and Appendix are provided with illustrations found
at the end of the volume which allow one to study the original photographs of the most important maps. (M. Kie czewska-Zaleska).
Mindmaps of employment development in sparsely populated regions of Sweden
Employment ; Household ; Income ; Industry ; Mental map ; Path dependence ; Population density ; Regional economy ; Research and development ; Social capital ; Social geography ; Sweden ; Unemployment ; Well-being
, including their associated value in the minds of tourists. The AA. selected, catalogued and evaluated the best-known geomorphosites in the Bucegi Mountains without making it their goal to map them. Tourists' opinions were assessed by questionnaire
Maps that falsify fall into the following categories : political propaganda, map errors, map generalization, map smoothing and enhancement, map simplification with falsification, and disinformation. - (DWG)
Economic geography ; Map ; Political geography ; Spatial representation
Provocative discussion (but without philosophical analysis) on the map making and map use as a form of deception. Maps are misused in real estate development, political propaganda, national defense. Data and color are sometimes purposely distorted
Foldünk tükre a térkép.. (Map a mirror of the Earth)
The comprehensive book on cartography is intended to the public. It covers the history of maps, geodetic surveys, mapping from space, orientation on the Earth, map projections, generalization, representation of relief and place names on maps
, thematic mapping, atlases, historical maps and the technical aspects of map printing.
The method of geomorphological mapping was adopted in many European and non-European countries, especially over the 1956-1986 period. Yet, mapping methods, especially of compilation of detailed geomorphological maps, still need to be made uniform
. Such maps are intended to determine the development of geomorphology and, simultaneously, are of considerable value for rational economic planning purposes.
Maps as social constructions : power, communication and visualization
Cartography ; Communication ; Map ; Power
Two developments in cartography mark an epistemic break with the assumption that maps are unproblematic communication devices. These are 1) investigations of maps as practices of power-knowledge, and 2) geographic visualization which uses the map's
power to explore, analyze and visualize spatial datasets to understand patterns better. These developments are key components of a maps as social constructions approach, emphasizing the genealogy of power in mapping practices, and enabling multiple
The A. deals with the vegetation of the Himalayas taking his 1957 map as basis of the presentation. This map reveals the phenomenon of the inner valleys and the climatically dry valleys. Progress in the knowledge of the vegetation since publication
Provides a checklist that breaks down software features into such categories as range of map types, evaluation of the program, map design, flexibility and choropleth classification. - (DWG)
Maps sometimes seriously misrepresent reality through the intention of their makers. Map authors may utilize scale, projection and symbolization to enhance or suppress information for a specific purpose. It is important for the map user to recognize
the cartographer's intentions, oversights and technique to cleraly interpret the information a map displays. - (DWG)