A revised and expanded new edition of the definitive English work on map projections. The revisions take into account the huge advances in geometrical geodesy w
Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem, mapmakers have created map projections
This book offers a much-needed critical approach to the intelligent use of the wide variety of map projections that are rapidly and inexpensively available toda
About the Author: Frederick Pearson has extensive experience in teaching map projection at the Air Force Cartography School and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.