Overview
- Presents previously unavailable information on the dissemination of cartographic knowledge from the 18th to the 20th century, including previously unpublished maps
- Reports on the results of new research projects pursued by internationally respected experts on the history of cartography at tertiary institutions around the globe
- Offers a multidisciplinary approach
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (LNGC)
Part of the book sub series: Publications of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) (ICA)
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Table of contents (22 papers)
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Mapping Urban Spaces
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Territory, Sovereignty and Borderlands
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Map Production and Dissemination of Knowledge
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Imre Josef Demhardt’s research interests include post-enlightenment cartography, colonialism and regional studies with a focus on Central Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and North America. Besides numerous articles and several books on these subjects, he is involved as co-editor of Vol. 5 (Nineteenth Century) in the encyclopedia project on the History of Cartography. He holds the Garrett Chair in the History of Cartography at the University of Texas at Arlington and currently serves as Chair of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography.
Soetkin Vervust is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Free University of Brussels (Belgium) and Newcastle University (UK). Her research interests lie in 18th and 19th century military cartography, the use of digital techniques for the study of historical maps, and their applicability to historical geography and landscape archaeology. Since 2015 she has served as Executive Secretary of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge
Book Subtitle: 6th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2016
Editors: Mirela Altić, Imre Josef Demhardt, Soetkin Vervust
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61515-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61514-1Published: 08 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87098-4Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61515-8Published: 07 September 2017
Series ISSN: 1863-2246
Series E-ISSN: 1863-2351
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 390
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 147 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Simulation and Modeling, Climate Change Management and Policy, Urban Economics, Environmental Health