Cartography Essays

Since I was in elementary school, I have always had an interest in cartography. I had started drawing maps of neighborhoods, schools, parks, cities and even states by the 5th grade. Whenever my family and I traveled to North Carolina, all I would do the entire trip was stare out the window and view the landscape and topography. Since I have been in high school, I’ve aspired to pursue a career in Urban Planning to build and redesign neighborhoods and cities across Georgia and the United States. Although

A map is often characterized as a diagrammatic representation of areas of land or seas separated by boundaries, borders and frontiers, which are often at heated disputes and controversies within multiple nations. I believe the creation of maps should feature up to date and realistic representations of the what truly is out there in the world, despite the power of political geography that allows for the creation of maps to erase landscapes and present a rather more ‘broad representation’ that is misleading

Social location is important in knowledge production. One’s perspective is influenced by the location of his or her identity. Maps are useful for one to find one’s way and for navigation, but also to show others how to get somewhere. When one maps one’s experiences, an extra dimension is added to an ‘objectively’ created map. It becomes three dimensional, rather than flat. Both public and private spaces can be included, and it portrays a mapping and experience that is not additive, linear, or

The Greek civilization University of the People HIST 1421: GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILIZATION The Greek civilization was an exciting period and also today people talk about it. There are many examples and references are taken from their way of life and traditions. The two instance of Greece cities is Athens and Sparta which both are renowned cities for their political systems. However, in this essay, the author will discuss the life if Athenians and Spartans, moreover, we discuss

GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM) ABSTRACT: In this paper, some of the ideas of navigating and positioning has been possible by using GPS (Global Positioning System). This paper provides the use of enclosing the GPS receiver in the different areas of precise positioning, locating the maps, navigating across the mapped locations very easily. The purpose of this paper is to exhibit the actuality that incurred in designing a position and navigation system, which can be used as a dynamic compass, driving

The Obstacles in Charles Town Settlement within North America first started in the year 1493. Settlement within South Carolina on the other hand, started in the year 1521. Francisco Gordillo first sailed to the Carolina coast in 1521, and many historians believe he anchored near present day Georgetown. Although Gordillo was the first to explore the Carolina area, he was not the first to try to settle the land. He quickly angered the natives by capturing them and selling them into slavery in the

Gall Peters Map In the episode “Cartographers for Social Equality,” from the TV series West Wing, Dr. John Fallow, Dr. Cynthia Sales, and Prof. Donald Huke a group of map makes that work for the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality are presenting what they believe is the right map to eliminates bias towards 3rd world countries. They are requesting that the President replace the Mercator map with the Peter’s Projection map and make it mandatory map for all U.S. Schools. Their presentation

In the words of Nicholas Crane, “Maps codify the miracle of existence.” Meaning that the miracle of our existence needs systematic order for us to function as a global society. Humans use maps to not only to get directions from one point to another, but also to display data about certain topics, such as the percentage of hispanic people living in the US, or to track the spread of a disease. In this case, the map codifies the amount of industrial water usage throughout the US by state in 2005. In

Christopher Columbus ,an explorer who was born in Italy, sailed the Atlantic Ocean planning to find a quicker route to India and its riches in 1492. During this time, Columbus had very limited forms of technology to help carry out his voyage. There are many new forms of technology that could have been an advantage for Columbus in his voyage to India. However, the three main technological advances that would have helped Columbus were in mapmaking ,navigation, and shipbuilding. Therefore the use of

The first type technology used by geographers is called GIS. This stands for Global Information System. How GIS works is a machine finds the location of an object relative to earth, records the position, takes a picture of the object, and finally the machine puts all of the information together so you can later extract images of certain locations on earth. This is useful because through GIS, geographers can get information about specific places on earth much easier than it would be going to the place

I am delighted to recommend Jamestown to Appomattox: Mapping US History with GIS by Bunin and Esposito. This book is a valuable resource to use when applying it to geographic thinking to history. The book consists of GIS lessons that are ready to be used in the classroom. The lesson plans engage and expand the students learning by getting them to think about history while focusing on the geography and movement behind the historical and geographical story. After completing the lesson students can

caravel, astrolabe, magnetic compass, and cartography were all technological advances. The caravel allowed them to effectively sail against the wind and was sturdier than the vessels before. Astrolabe was a brass circle marked off with degrees and the rings on it were used to sight the stars. Once they sighted the stars they were able to calculate their latitude. The magnetic compass was used to help explorers more accurately track direction. Cartography was the skill of mapmaking and maps were made

the age of exploration caused more progress than damage to our current global world. Some advantages of the age of exploration were the improvement of cartography and trade, better understanding of geography and economic prosperity. The improvement of cartography and trade was one of the major advantages of the age of exploration. Cartography is the science or the practice of making maps. Maps are one means by which scientists distribute their ideas and pass them on to future generations (Merriam

In his essay Mapping the Earth in Works of Art, Casey distinguishes four kinds of mapping. My interest lies in body mapping, which Casey poses, leaves behind the traditional conventions of cartography - where the artist’s body is not merely a tool but becomes itself a material for mapping. The body is the origin as a whole mass, as in we sense to make sense. The body is a moving counterpart to its surroundings and is already incorporated with

Influenza virus is a substantial threat for human health and is a big cause of ~500,000 death rates[1] and is responsible for ~50 million death worldwide over last 100 years.[2]-[4] Influenza viruses is generally classified in to three genera (A, B,C). Influenza A and B viruses have rapid evolution and continuous accumulation of amino acid changes in the antibody-binding sites of the surface protein, results in the change in antigenicity. Despite of existing vaccination programs, research in

Christopher Columbus Have you ever wondered about all the things that Christpher Columbus has done? Christopher Columbus has done a lot of things in his lifetime, but there are 3 things that are really important that he did. This includes the events that led Christopher Columbus to begin all of his expeditions, discovering all the new places, and lastly the legacy that he has left behind. From traveling all over to finding gold/riches, he had a tremendous life filled with all the goods and all

The acquisition of monastic education is accurately displayed in A Mapmaker’s Dream, by James Cowan. Fra Mauro is a monk, which means he is very religious and lives for god. “My problem is that I have always been afraid of making such a journey, probably because my bones would renounce me as an imposter!” (3). Mauro wanted to travel, but through monastic education he learned not to because he lived for god. If he had traveled that meant that Mauro wouldn’t be living only and just for god, as monks

Christopher Columbus or also known as Cristoforo Colombo and Cristobal Colon, a well known Italian explorer, discovered the “New World” of America on an expedition seen through by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. Columbus had a family and went on many voyages. Columbus was a historical figure who changed the perception of the American continents for the European countries. Columbus was born on October 31, 1451 in the Republic of Genoa. His father, Domenico Colombo, was a weaver. His mother was Susanna

The life of Christopher Columbus Though Christopher Columbus grew up poor, he died wealthy. Christopher Columbus was looking for trade routes that were safer. Christopher Columbus grew up in Italy with his family, his dad was a wool merchant, which influenced him to become a explorer. Christopher Columbus was best known for discovering the Americas. Christopher Columbus grew up in Genoa,Italy, in 1451. He was raised by his mother, Susanna Fontanarossa, and his father, Domenico Colombo.The family

Antonio De Vinci. Leonardo has 9 brothers and 3 sisters. Leonardo was an Italian polymath whose interest included: architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, poetry and cartography. He was known as “The Universal Genius” or “Renaissance man.” He was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Andrea Del