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Mapping in a digital world / James Bow.

By: Series: Mapping in the modern worldPublisher: St. Catharines, Ontario : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2017Description: 32 pages 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780778732235 (hardcover)
  • 9780778732419 (softcover)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Mapping in a digital world.DDC classification:
  • j526.0285 23
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in electronic format.
Summary: "In this amazing title, readers will explore the possibilities new developments in technology are opening up for making maps. Mapmakers are using satellite data to map the locations of people and objects on Earth, making video maps using the Internet to show wind and weather systems, and creating specialized maps that show human behavior. Computer game technology, such as Minecraft, is even being used to map real places."--

Includes index.

"In this amazing title, readers will explore the possibilities new developments in technology are opening up for making maps. Mapmakers are using satellite data to map the locations of people and objects on Earth, making video maps using the Internet to show wind and weather systems, and creating specialized maps that show human behavior. Computer game technology, such as Minecraft, is even being used to map real places."--

Issued also in electronic format.

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