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Maps and Measurement

Understanding Maps of Our World

Library Bound Book List: $33.67 / S&L: $25.25

Reading Level: 6-8

Interest Level: 6-8

Product type: Library Bound Book
ISBN: 978-1-4339-3503-9
Author: Tim Cooke
Copyright: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 48
Trim: 8.5" x 10.5"
Dewey: 912.01
Subject: Social Studies
Binding: Library
Web Sites • Further Reading • Primary Sources • Maps • Glossary
This book examines practical mapmaking. Readers will be fascinated with projection, which is the way in which mapmakers reproduce the Earth's three-dimensional features on flat paper. They'll learn how positions are fixed through coordinates of latitude and longitude.

* Reviews *

Series Review: Understanding Maps of Our WorldThe authors descriptions of cartographic challenges, old and new, result in a lot of valuable extras...The books further-reading lists, which include print and Web materials, are particularly extensive. Wonderful resources.School Library Journal