Measurements from maps : principles and methods of cartometry / by D.H. Maling

Author: Maling, D. H.
Published: Oxford, England ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1989.
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: xxi, 577 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

The nature of cartometry -- The nature of the medium -- The methods of measuring distance -- Measurement of area -- The variability of cartometric measurements -- Errors of measurement and their analysis -- Statistical sampling and cartometry -- Spatial sampling and cartometry -- The concept of the accurate map -- Deformations of the medium -- Correction of deformation by measurement control -- Definition of the feature to be measured -- Measurements on aerial photographs -- Conventional linear measurements and their reduction -- Probabilistic methods of distance measurement -- Geometrical methods of area measurement -- Area measurement by planimeter -- Direct measurement of area by point-counting methods -- Indirect measurement of area by point-counting methods -- Area determined by linear measurements -- Cartometry and the digital computer -- Measurement on Mercator's projection -- The cartometric definition, demarcation, and recovery of maritime boundaries.

Subject(s)

Cartometry

ISBN

0080302904
0080302890 (pbk.)

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography Note

Bibliography: pages 552-564.

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