Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
After the map : cartography, navigation, and the transformation of territory in the twentieth century
Introduction: territory and the mapping sciences -- The international map of the world and the logic of representation -- The authority of representation -- A single map for all countries, 1891-1939 -- Maps as tools -- Globalism, regionalism, and the erosion of universal cartography, 1940-1965 -- Cartographic grids and new territories of calculation -- Aiming guns, recording land, and stitching map to territory -- The invention of cartographic grid systems, 1914-1939 -- Territoriality without borders -- Global grids and the universal transverse Mercator, 1940-1965 -- Electronic navigation and territorial pointillism -- Inhabiting the grid -- Radionavigation and electronic coordinates, 1920-1965 -- The politics of global coverage -- The Navy, NASA, and GPS, 1960-2010 -- Conclusion: the politics in my pocket
After the map : cartography, navigation, and the transformation of territory in the twentieth century
Introduction: territory and the mapping sciences -- The international map of the world and the logic of representation -- The authority of representation -- A single map for all countries, 1891-1939 -- Maps as tools -- Globalism, regionalism, and the erosion of universal cartography, 1940-1965 -- Cartographic grids and new territories of calculation -- Aiming guns, recording land, and stitching map to territory -- The invention of cartographic grid systems, 1914-1939 -- Territoriality without borders -- Global grids and the universal transverse Mercator, 1940-1965 -- Electronic navigation and territorial pointillism -- Inhabiting the grid -- Radionavigation and electronic coordinates, 1920-1965 -- The politics of global coverage -- The Navy, NASA, and GPS, 1960-2010 -- Conclusion: the politics in my pocket
After the map : cartography, navigation, and the transformation of territory in the twentieth century
Rankin, William (Autor:in)
2016
vii, 398 Seiten, 12 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln
26 cm
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
Abbildungen überwiegend schwarz-weiß, Bildtafeln farbig. - Die Bildtafeln enthalten Karten und 2 Illustrationen.
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