Infinite perspectives : two thousand years of three-dimensional mapmaking / Brian M. Ambroziak and Jeffrey R. Ambroziak with an introduction by Ray Bradbury.

Main entry:

Ambroziak, Brian M. (Brian Michael), 1970-

Title & Author:

Infinite perspectives : two thousand years of three-dimensional mapmaking / Brian M. Ambroziak and Jeffrey R. Ambroziak with an introduction by Ray Bradbury.

Publication:

Description:

109 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 33 x 37 cm

Notes:
Includes one folded map and two pairs of 3-D glasses in pocket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109).
Earthrise and its Faces / Ray Bradbury -- Earth's True Measure -- Mapping the Vertical -- Digital Mapping.

Summary:

"For over two thousand years, mapmakers have struggled with the problem of representing a three-dimensional planet on a two-dimensional canvas. Infinite Perspectives traces the artistic and scientific evolution of the age-old quest to conquer this challenge. From ancient Greek coins to detailed nineteenth-century Swiss Alpine maps to the inconceivably scaled landscapes of Mars, more than eighty color maps illustrate history's most enduring attempts to pay cartographic homage to the multidimensional landscape. An additional twenty plates present a revolutionary cartographic technique that allows viewers wearing ordinary 3-D glasses to examine the Earth and beyond with an accuracy and clarity undreamed of even a generation ago.
The first comprehensive overview of the ancient saga of relief mapmaking, Infinite Perspectives is a treasure for the map enthusiast, the cartographer, and the explorer in all of us."--Jacket.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

1568981953 (alk. paper)
9781568981956 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Topographical drawing History.
Topographic maps.
Dessin topographique Histoire.
Cartes topographiques.
topographic maps.
74.31 history of cartography.
Topographical drawing.
Geschichte
Kartografie
Relief
Kaarten (geografie)
Driedimensionale afbeeldingen.
Relief (Geographie)

Form/genre:

topographic maps.
Topographic maps.
History.
History (form)
Cartes topographiques.

Added entries:

Ambroziak, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Russell), 1966-

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 237227
Call No.: GA125 .A48 1999
Status: Available

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