Map Projections: A Reference Manual (Softcover)

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VERY GOOD: This book is in very good condition, showing only a few signs of use and wear (mostly, some bending in the covers). The pages are clean and the binding is tight.

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From the back cover: "The book is a unique joint Russian-American venture on the subject, and is prepared by the leading authorities in those two countries. The book is an invaluable resource for cartographers throughout the world in working with maps of their own or other countries.

"The manual covers the theory and practical problems of map projections, their development, and their application to the design of maps of the earth and celestial bodies. The authors provide the results of years of research and of the experience of scholars from many different countries in the field, as well as a blending of their own experiences studying the subject under widely contrasting cultures with common technical objectives.

"These experiences are relevant to any nation or individual making maps, and it is appropriate that Russian and American approaches be brought together in this first joint international textbook from two countries which have been the source of the most extensive research on the subject in recent decades. The book details the information required in the search for and the selection, calculation, and application of projections from those by Mercator and Cassini to Ginzburg and Wagner for specific tasks and for solving many cartographic, navigational, and other problems, using maps designed for diverse purposes.

"As a precise practical manual or handbook for scientists and engineers as well as cartographers solving practical problems in cartography, it may be applied to other fields of science and commerce using the techniques of mathematical cartography, maps, and space imagery. It is essential reading for college and university students training in cartographic specialties. The mathematical approaches and the treatment of various problems will stimulate further research.

"The book derives from Kartograficheskiye Proyektsii: Spravochnoye Posobiye [Cartographic Projections: A Reference Manual], by Professors Lev M. Bugyevskiy and the late Lyubov' A. Vakhrameyeva published in Moscow in 1992. The original book has been translated and extensively revised by both the present authors: John Synder has added and revised Western material to provide balance and additional accuracy, without detracting from the role of the text in discussing the important Russian contributions to mathematical cartography."

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