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Cartographic
Terms Celestial
Navigation
Navigating by the stars
Colour
Use Guidelines
How to use colour on maps without ending up with a patchwork quilt or a terrible
mess.
Compass
Rose
Do you know all 32 points of the compass and their histories ?
Definitions
of the Word 'Map,' from 1649 to 1996
Over 300 different definitions of 'map' that have been used in the last 350
years. It's interesting to see how the concept of a map has changed over time.
Finding
Your Way
Using a Map and Compass
GeoSystems:
Map Projections
Explanation of projections and their distortions
GeoSystems:
Latitude and Longitude
What are they, and how do they work?
GeoSystems:
Map Scales
All about scales and using them
How
to read the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Grid
An introduction to UTM
How
to use a compass
A simple introduction to using a compass to find your way
How
far is it?
Find distances between places world wide.
Latitude
and Longitude
Find a city and it's Latitude / Longitude
Latitude and Longitude
A GeoSystems site
Make
Your Own Globe
Well, learn how to make a globe...
Making
Maps Easy to Read
Research from the highly regarded Shell Centre, UK
Mapmaker
- Make me a map
Info on how maps are made.
Map
Projection Basics Page
Introduction to showing a round planet on flat paper
Map
Projection Home Page
Plenty of information about Map Projections
Map
Projections Overview
Plenty of examples of different projections
Map
Scales
Rather biased towards American USGS maps
Map
Scales
A site from GeoSystems
Map
Skills
The skills you need to use maps effectively
Mathematics
of Cartography
A well presented and quite comprehensive look at cartography (map making),
covering projections, scales etc.
Peters
Projection
The projection to use to show areas without distortion
Peters
Projection Controversy
More about the Peters Projection
View
Map Projections
Examples of projections
View
More Map Projections
More examples of projections
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