About the Author: Frederick Pearson has extensive experience in teaching map projection at the Air Force Cartography School and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

With the advance of science and technology, there have been breakthroughs in the field of classical research and methods of map projection. Among these, compute

Map projection concerns the science of mathematical cartography, the techniques by which the Earth's dimensions, shape and features are translated in map form,

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

The use of computers in cartography has made it easier for map makers to transform data from one map projection to another and experiment with alternative repre