Introduction to Cartography

Author: Tian Qingwen, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 1995-09-01
Features: This book is based on the internal offset printing teaching material "Introduction to Cartography" and has been revised and compiled according to the structure and system of modern cartography. The main contents include Introduction, Basic Knowledge of Maps, Map Language, Map Projections, Cartographic Generalization, Topographic Maps, Thematic Maps and Map Atlases, Map Compilation and Printing, Remote Sensing Cartography, and Computer Cartography. This book is recommended as a professional basic course textbook by the Cartography Curriculum Research Committee of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources. It can serve as a textbook for introductory cartography courses for undergraduate and graduate students of non-cartographic mapping disciplines in surveying and mapping, as well as a reference for postgraduate students, teachers, and surveying and mapping professionals in the field.