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The History and Politics of Cartography

The History and Politics of Cartography. Elizabeth Hollingsworth. Presentation Outline. Introduction to Maps Ancient mapping Regional maps Medieval maps The age of exploration and cartography The Renaissance and mapping World atlases, the enlightenment, and colonialism

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Sources: 1. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago 2. Hartmut Frommert www.seds.org 3. Juergen Giesen www.g

Astronomical Observing Techniques: Coordinate Systems Lecturer: Nigel Douglas. Sources: 1. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago 2. Hartmut Frommert www.seds.org 3. Juergen Giesen www.geoastro.de 4. S.W.Digel (SLAC) . The Horizon System Celestial Sphere:

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The Map as a Model of Geographic Data

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Software Tools

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GUS: 0262 Fundamentals of GIS

GUS: 0262 Fundamentals of GIS. Lecture Presentation 2: Cartography in a Nutshell Jeremy Mennis Department of Geography and Urban Studies Temple University. Maps as Models. Maps are models of reality .

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Air, Water, and Solar Energy

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HISTORY OF MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES

HISTORY OF MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES. Earliest Known maps.

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Astronomy

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Motions of the Earth and Sky I

Motions of the Earth and Sky I. Outline for Today. History: flat vs. spherical earth Map of the sky Constellations Diurnal and Yearly Motion The seasons Precession Phases of the Moon. Flat or Spherical Earth?. Proposed spherical earth: Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

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Homework 3 will include a Helmert Transformation

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Latitude Longitude

Latitude Longitude. History. Use of grid lines originated from about 300 B.C.E by Greek astronomers Hipparcus and Ptolemy Used spherical trigonometry observations using sun, moon, and stars to plot points on a spherical earth

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Shape of the Earth

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Ptolemy

Ptolemy. His real name is Claudius Ptolemaeus, but we know him as Ptolemy. Not much is known about his life. The name Claudius probably means he was a Roman citizen. The name Ptolemy means that he was Greek.

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