Cartographic science; a compendium of map projections, with derivations.084938169X Cartographic car·tog·ra·phy n. The art or technique of making maps or charts. [French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus science; a compendium com·pen·di·um n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a 1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. 2. A list or collection of various items. of map projections, with derivations. Fenna, Donald. CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. Press 2007 491 pages $89.95 Hardcover GA110 Fenna offers a bridge between recent publications that illustrate map projections with the mathematical formulae for plotting them, and those that discuss the development and use of various approaches without the pictures and numbers. He explains the mathematical development for a large range of projections within a framework of different cartographic methodologies, along with a gentle and progressive immersion into the mathematics involved. Readers are expected to have a solid background in trigonometry trigonometry [Gr.,=measurement of triangles], a specialized area of geometry concerned with the properties of and relations among the parts of a triangle. Spherical trigonometry is concerned with the study of triangles on the surface of a sphere rather than in the . ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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