عنوان

Coast lines :

شابک

0226534030 (cloth : alk. paper)

شابک

9780226534039 (cloth : alk. paper)

شماره

b533526

عنوان اصلي

Coast lines :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

how mapmakers frame the world and chart environmental change /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Mark Monmonier.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Chicago :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Chicago Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2008.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiii, 228 p. :

ساير جزييات

ill., maps ;

ابعاد

24 cm.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-214) and index.

متن يادداشت

Depiction and measurement -- Definitions and delineations -- New worlds and fictitious islands -- Triangles and topography -- Overhead imaging -- Electronic charts and precise positioning -- Global shorelines -- Baselines and offshore borders -- Calibrating catastrophe -- Rising seas, eroding surge -- Close-ups and complexity.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to the cartographic definition and mapping of coasts. Setting sail on a journey across shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, the author reveals that coastlines are as much a set of ideas, assumptions, and societal beliefs as they are solid black lines on maps. Whether for sailing charts or property maps, coastlines challenge mapmakers to capture on paper a highly irregular land-water boundary perturbed by tides and storms and complicated by rocks, wrecks, and shoals. The text is peppered with captivating anecdotes about the frustrating effort to expunge fictitious islands from nautical charts, the tricky measurement of a coastline's length, and the contentious notions of beachfront property and public access. Combing maritime history and the history of technology, this book charts the historical progression from offshore sketches to satellite images and explores the societal impact of coastal cartography on everything from global warming to homeland security. In the post-Katrina era, when the map of entire regions can be redrawn by a single natural event, the issues raised here are more important than ever.

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

Coastlines

موضوع مستند نشده

Coastal mapping.

موضوع مستند نشده

Environmental monitoring.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Monmonier, Mark S.

تاريخ عمليات

20101101022523.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y