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Terms in this set (85)
geographic knowledge
Our ancestors created maps to convey: Various materials, scales, purposes, and emphases.
To trace the systematic development of cartography into the modern era, we need greece
how to represent objects,attributes,processes distributed across the earths scale in the form of a
Cartography-
map
generalized, graphic depiction of an area that identifies relationships among attributes in space. In
Map-
the 20th century advances in cartography and mapmaking allowed for analysis by map overlay
, geographic information system.-A platform for preparing analyzing, presenting, and interpreting
facts that pertain to the surface of the earth
GIS- -it is one of the fastest growing employment sectors in the us and the world
Every resource management agency, government office, municipality, NGO, and pizza delivery
services uses GIS
the first maps with europe and asia
Sundials for earths curvature
Hecataaus built
220 BCE the world of Eratosthenes of Alexandria
Light showed how to understand the world was round
His map includes
Instructions for map projections
90-168 the world of ptolemy Description of how to break a small scale map into larger scale sectional maps
Coordinate locations
An atlas with 26 regional maps
Ptolemy's contributions take us well into the roman period
When the roman empire fell, europe forgot lot and or banned many of the advancements made in
Medieval Europe the classical period
For centuries mapping in the western europe was mostly undertaken by the catholic clergy and took
on a very different character
Herdford Mappamundi is the highlight of european mapping in this age
Medieval Europe 1300 CE
It is a map as it is a summary of geographic lore christian and classical of the period
Forgotten in europe, the islamic world picked up on the greek roman ideas the critiqued and
advanced them
The muslim world made important advances in astronomy and navigation, expanding and correcting
Islamic cartography
ptolemy's geography
1150 CE the world of al idrisi
Portolan Chart-sea navigation
In the 1400 western europe re discovered ptolemy's gerographia along with many other ideas of
greek philosophy
Renaissance cartography Translation and printing of ptolemy's work had an enormous impact- the shock of its geographic
scope set off an age of exploration in europe.
Over the next 200 yrs most of the continents were discovered
lay lines,
America Amerigo Vespucci named America and officially learned it was NOT apart of India
1507 Martins map was the first round map involving
1569 CE Mercators world map-complete representation of the terrestrial globe properly adapted for
use in navigation. Compass rose, distorted map
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