C.R. Perkins, R.B. Parry
Description
Building on the strengths of the first edition, the book has been entirely rewritten and greatly expanded and now includes: new reviews of the status
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of world mapping and of the problems and possibilities of map and data acquisition in the electronic age; descriptions of mapping country by country, including information about both conventional and digital cartography; catalogue sections covering a broad range of material, both topographic and thematic; addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and Web addresses of mapping organizations and map publishers; and an extended and entirely redrawn selection of 350 graphic indexes.The book gives the user access to information about the structure, policies and programmes of the mapping industry within each country and provides a unique summary of the wealth of maps and spatial data now available to the international community.This new edition of World Mapping Today will prove indispensable to map librarians, non-specialist librarians, and information managers.
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