Elements of Cartography

Chapters include The Art and Science of Cartography, The Earth and the System of Coordinates, Cartographic Drawing and Measuring Techniques, The Nature of Map Projections, The Employment of Map Projections, The Construction of Projections, The Map Base: Compilation and Generalization, Symbolizing and Processing Map Data, Mapping Quantitative Point, Line, and Area Data, Mapping Three-Dimensional Data, Mapping the Terrain, Designing the Map, Lettering the Map, Map Reproduction: Processes and Preparation of Drawings. Appendix includes Common Logarithms, Natural Trigonometric Functions, Squares, Cubes, and Roots, Geographical Tables, Lambert Projection Tables, Stereographic Projection Tables, Tabular Aid to Consistency When Estimating Values of Fractional Areas, Proofs of Tissot's Law of Deformation.