Cartography

THE ORIGINS, HISTORY, VALUE AND FUTURE OF CARTOGRAPHY Introduction Cartography has existed for thousands of years. From the early days of tribes marking off where their best hunting grounds are, to the modern day of mapping flight paths, cartography has evolved and developed in various ways to what it is today. There are now technologies that allow for people to design maps in ways never imagined before. Computer programmes exist that allow for different types of data to be stored so that accurate

Over 400 years ago in the Atlantic Ocean, three ships, complete with 105 men and 39 crew members aboard, steadily paced themselves across an uncharted and unfamiliar territory. One of the three ships contained Captain John Smith - an English explorer, soldier, and self proclaimed author. Unbeknownst to Smith at the time, he would journal and create the first ever “accurate" map of both Virginia and New England. Smith’s accuracy of coastlines and physical landmarks has long been hailed as nothing

had declined “60% of the population of mission Indians (Castillo). To not disremember the suffering of their people, poems like Indian Cartography by Deborah Miranda and Itch Like Crazy: Resistance by Wendy Rose are composed to capture their heart-breaking moments and to disclose their suffering to the world, but both poems have a different goals: Indian Cartography emphasizes on sympathy; while Itch Like Crazy

Changing Cartographies Introduction According to Silver and Balmori (2003 48) “Cartography, a term derived from the word for chart (charte) or drawing, has in recent years undergone a radical transformation.” This was identified earlier as Anson (1988 ix) noted “Today the art and science of map making is caught in the throes of a technological revolution which shows no signs of slowing down.” However, advancements in mapping have been associated with scientific developments in mainly the computer

Introduction Rapidly adapting military developments has opened up new fronts on the stage technology throughout the ages. These developments acts as a shell that leads to the growth of a stable nation, which can foster the advancements of modern civilization. The growth of civilization grows with the benefits of the technological research achieved through the military’s strive for the protection and advancement of humanity. Over time, these developments are given to push the boundaries of human

who mad giant leaps in astronomy (also made a theory that the earth was round in about 384 B. C.). therefore, a new era of philosophy was inaugurated and the course of western civilization was decisively shaped. Modern mathematics, Medicine, and cartography was all modernized during this age of philosophy. Without the Greeks, present ideals and the way we live our life would not be the same. So it is important that we know what the Greeks invented and their power over our civilization. First of all

world. Explorers faced difficulties in understanding how to navigate around this complex world. Greek explorers tried to ease that distress by deriving the concepts of mapping places and movements as they tried to expand their empire. By 300 B.C. Cartography, which can be defined as the art and science of making maps, began to gain pace among explorers, traders, and militaries. Maps were used for strategic and tactical war purposes to conquer new lands and expansion of empires. Moreover, maps are great

Part one: Watch the youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V_Mz7NDy3ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V_Mz7NDy3o Answer the following questions How does GIS allow us to re-examine what we know about the world? ___GIS allows us to re-examine what we know about the world by allowing us to study and understand places in the world in a much deeper level. How does GIS allow for increased interconnectedness of people across the globe? ___GIS allows for increased interconnectedness of

Expanded Application of GIS/GPS When I started my GEO 215 class I was quite unsure exactly what we would be talking about. First thing that came to mind was maps, then it was on different areas in the world, then how different cultures survive and adapt to different areas etc. So my mind began wondering down this Geography journey. So once I got the first assignment about the Expanded Application if GIS and GPS, I was stomped. So of course that's exactly where I started my research. First thing

GIS Geographical Information System - GIS What is GIS? GIS is an emerging method of data storage and interpretation. GIS is, simply put a database. It is many tables of data organized by one common denominator, location. The data in a GIS system is organized spatially, or by its physical location on the base map. The information that is stored in the database is the location and attributes that exist in that base map, such as streets, highways, water lines, sewers, manholes, properties