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Maps and Measurement
Understanding Maps of Our World
This book examines practical mapmaking. Readers will be fascinated with projection, which is the way in which mapmakers reproduce the Earth’s three-dimensional features on flat paper. They’ll learn how positions are fixed through coordinates of latitude and longitude.
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Series Review: Understanding Maps of Our WorldThe authors descriptions of cartographic challenges, old and new, result in a lot of valuable extras...The books further-reading lists, which include print and Web materials, are particularly extensive. Wonderful resources.School Library JournalRL
Grades
6-8 IL
Grades
6-8 GRL
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