Maps Maps Nautical charts issued by the UK Hydrographic Office and subject to Crown Copyright. Over 3,000 charts are available and cover virtually the entire world in various levels of detail depending on the density of traffic and hazards. Small scale charts often cover approaches and entrances to harbours, medium scale charts cover heavily used coastal areas, and large scale charts are for navigation in more open areas. There is also a Small Crafts Series available at even smaller scales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Admiralty Charts"
The Aspen Movie Map was a revolutionary hypermedia system developed at MIT by a team working with Andrew Lippman in 1978 with funding from ARPA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aspen Movie Map"
The Carta Marina is the earliest and the most fairly correct (and most esthetic) map over the Nordic countries containing details and placenames. Its dimensions are 1.70×1.25 m (height×width) and was created by the Swede Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), temporarily on diplomatic visit in Rome for the Swedish government. However, this situation turned out to be permanent (because his brother Johannes got in a religious feud with Gustav I). ...more on Wikipedia about "Carta marina"
The Dieppe maps are a set of maps produced in Dieppe, France in the 16th century, thought to provide clues towards Portuguese exploration of Australia two hundred years before Captain Cook. The maps show part of what might be Queensland, and name the land mass "Java la Grande". ...more on Wikipedia about "Dieppe maps"
Local coordinates are measurement indices into a local coordinate system or a local coordinate space. A simple example is using house numbers to locate a house on a street; the street is a local coordinate system within a larger system composed of city townships, states, countries, etc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Local coordinates"
A map is a simplified depiction of a space, a navigational aid which highlights relations between objects within that space. Most usually a map is a two-dimensional, geometrically accurate representation of a three-dimensional space. The science and art of map-making is cartography. ...more on Wikipedia about "Map"
A mappa mundi, from the Latin mappus (cloth) and mundus (the world) is a world map dating from the Middle Ages produced as part of the European map-making tradition. Chinese maps from that time period are not counted as mappa mundi. The latter restriction is somewhat porous with regards to Islamic maps, on the grounds that those maps stemmed from the same earlier Ptolemaic tradition. The cut-off point for the end of the Middle Ages is also somewhat hazy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mappa mundi" It's my www.shortopedia.com! shortopedia
Multimap.com is a United Kingdom based provider of mapping and location-based services. The company provides both a public web site and business services. ...more on Wikipedia about "Multimap.com"
The Murerplan is a map of Zürich, printed in 1576 by Jos Murer (1530-1580), entitled ...more on Wikipedia about "Murerplan"
The Piri Reis map was discovered in 1929 while Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey was being converted into a museum. It consists of a map drawn on gazelle skin, primarily detailing the western coast of Africa and the eastern coast of South America. The map is considered to have been drawn in 1513 by Piri Reis, a famous admiral of the Turkish fleet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Piri Reis map"
A reversed map, also known as an Upside-Down map or South-Up map, is a world map that generally show Australia and New Zealand at the top of the map instead of the bottom. They are usually sold in Australia, New Zealand and other southern hemisphere countries. Indonesia is placed in the center while Europe and the Americas are placed to the sides. One example of such map was supposed to impress on citizens of the United States the significance and diversity of Latin America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Reversed map"
A road atlas is a type of atlas that focuses in more detail on roads and road systems, usually in a more specific locale. ...more on Wikipedia about "Road atlas"
Sanborn Maps were originally created for assessing fire insurance liability in urbanized areas in the United States. The maps include detailed information regarding town and building information in approximately 12,000 U.S. towns and cities from 1867 to 1970. Author Kim Keister describes the legacy of Sanborn maps: "Stated simply, the Sanborn maps survive as a guide to American urbanization that is unrivaled by other cartography and, for that matter, by few documentary resources of any kind." They are a highly useful resource for historical research, planning, preservation, genealogical research, sociological studies and research of urban geography. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sanborn Maps"
A star chart is a map of the night sky. They are used to identify and locate astronomical objects such as stars, constellations and galaxies. They have been used for human navigation since time immemorial. A planisphere is a type of star chart. Note that a star chart differs from an astronomical catalog which is a listing or tabulation of astronomical objects for a particular purpose. ...more on Wikipedia about "Star chart"
In cartography and geology, a topological map refers to a map that has been simplified so that only vital information remains and unnecessary detail has been removed. These maps lack scale, and distance and direction are subject to change and variation, but the relationship between points is maintained. A good example of a topological map is the tube map of the London Underground. ...more on Wikipedia about "Topological map"
The Turin Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian map, generally considered the oldest surviving map of topographical interest from the ancient world. It is drawn on a papyrus reportedly discovered at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, collected by Bernardino Drovetti (known as Napoleon's Proconsul in Egypt) sometime before 1824 and is now preserved in Turin's Museo Egizio. The map was drawn about 1160 BCE by the well-known Scribe-of-the-Tomb Amennakhte, son of Ipuy. It was prepared for Ramesses IV's quarrying expedition to the Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert, which exposes Precambrian rocks of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. The purpose of the expedition was to obtain blocks of bekhen-stone (metagraywacke sandstone) to be used for statues of the king. ...more on Wikipedia about "Turin Papyrus Map"
A world map is a map of the surface of the Earth, which may be made using any of a number of different map projections. ...more on Wikipedia about "World map"
Zenrin Co. Ltd. (株式会社ゼンリン) ( ) is a Japanese map publisher. Founded in 1948, the company is known as a maker of excellent residential maps and software used in personal computers and automotive navigation systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zenrin"
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