query: where is singapore on a world map?

title: Universal Studios Singapore

text: The official plans for the park were unveiled to the public when Universal Studios Singapore released a park map to the public on 20 October 2009. Universal Studios Singapore has since attracted more than 2 million visitors in the 9 months from its opening. The park has been marketed by Universal Parks & Resorts as a "one-of-its-kind theme park in Asia" and promised that the park would be the only one of its kind in Southeast Asia for the next 30 years. The construction of Resorts World Sentosa and Universal Studios Singapore began on 19 April 2008. After almost two

title: Ptolemy's world map

text: obscurity. The idea of a global coordinate system revolutionized European geographical thought, however, and inspired more mathematical treatment of cartography. Ptolemy's work probably originally came with maps, but none have been discovered. Instead, the present form of the map was reconstructed from Ptolemy's coordinates by Byzantine monks under the direction of Maximus Planudes shortly after 1295. It probably was not that of the original text, as it uses the "less" favored of the two alternate projections offered by Ptolemy. The continents are given as Europe, Asia, and Libya (Africa). The World Ocean is only seen to the west. The map

title: Genoese map

text: Genoese map The Genoese map is a 1457 world map. The map relied extensively on the account of the traveler to Asia Niccolo da Conti, rather than the usual source of Marco Polo. The author is not known, but is a more modern development than the Fra Mauro world map, with fairly good proportions given to each continents. The map also depicts a three-masted European ship in the Indian Ocean, something which had not occurred yet at the time. A Genoese flag in the upper northwest corner of the map establishes this map’s origin, along with the coat of arms

title: A Map of the World

text: central themes throughout the book. Alice is unable to forgive herself after Lizzy’s drowning even while Theresa finds it in her heart and faith to forgive Alice. Kirkus Reviews calls "A Map of the World" a 'strong, compelling story', one that 'maps the best and worst of the human heart and all the mysterious, uncharted country in between.' Publishers Weekly goes even farther, drawing attention to the spare honesty of Hamilton's writing and the story's 'universal implications.' A Map of the World A Map of the World (1994) is a novel by Jane Hamilton. It was the Oprah's Book Club

title: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3 - New Carmen Adventure

text: digital map of Atlantis, it turns out that Carmen Sandiego had been intercepting ACME communications and planned this entire mission. Carmen Sandiego steals the map and heads to South America. The gameplay consists of point and click elements. To progress the player must choose dialogue options during conversations, solve puzzles, make use of the digital handheld ACME computer and select a travel destination on the world map until a case is solved. When a case is solved the player gains a higher ACME rank. A review of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? 3 at PALGN was negative: "It's

title: World map

text: World map A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of the Earth. World maps form a distinctive category of maps due to the problem of projection. Maps by necessity distort the presentation of the earth's surface. These distortions reach extremes in a world map. The many ways of projecting the earth reflect diverse technical and aesthetic goals for world maps. World maps are also distinct for the global knowledge required to construct them. A meaningful map of the world could not be constructed before the European Renaissance because less than half of the earth's

title: World map

text: the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period. Old maps provide much information about what was known in times past, as well as the philosophy and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography. Maps are one means by which scientists distribute their ideas and pass them on to future generations. World map A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of the Earth. World maps form a distinctive category of maps due to the problem of projection. Maps by necessity distort the presentation of the earth's surface.

title: A Map of the World

text: A Map of the World A Map of the World (1994) is a novel by Jane Hamilton. It was the Oprah's Book Club selection for December 1999. It was made into a movie released in 1999 starring Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Chloë Sevigny, Louise Fletcher and Marc Donato with a soundtrack by Pat Metheny. The book is concerned with how one seemingly inconsequential moment can alter lives forever. Alice Goodwin, mother of two, school nurse and wife of an aspiring dairy farmer in Wisconsin, is getting ready to take her two daughters and her best friend’s, Theresa's, two

title: A Map of the World (film)

text: A Map of the World (film) A Map of the World is a drama released in the year 1999, based on the novel of the same name by Jane Hamilton. It was directed by Scott Elliott. The movie stars Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, and David Strathairn. Sigourney Weaver was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama. Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) is a school nurse who lives with her husband Howard (David Strathairn) and two girls on a small dairy farm in Wisconsin. After the death of the daughter of her friend Theresa Collins

title: Psalter world map

text: Jesus Christ appears in the East (i.e. "above"), as the maps of Christian Middle Ages have East above, not North, giving a blessing with his right hand. An open-access high-resolution digital image of the map with place and name annotations is included among the thirteen medieval maps of the world edited in the Virtual Mappa project. Psalter world map Psalter World Map is the name historiography gave to a medieval world map that has been found in a psalter. This "mappa mundi" is now conserved at the British Library in London. The small map (c. high) shows a lot of

title: Mercator 1569 world map

text: map. In addition there are examples of maps of the succeeding decades which did or did not use the Mercator projection. Where possible references are given to printed or online reproductions. Mercator 1569 world map The Mercator world map of 1569 is titled "Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata" (Renaissance Latin for "New and more complete representation of the terrestrial globe properly adapted for use in navigation"). The title shows that Gerardus Mercator aimed to present contemporary knowledge of the geography of the world and at the same time 'correct' the chart to be more

title: Psalter world map

text: Psalter world map Psalter World Map is the name historiography gave to a medieval world map that has been found in a psalter. This "mappa mundi" is now conserved at the British Library in London. The small map (c. high) shows a lot of detail. It was written around 1260; the author is unknown. According to historian Anna-Dorothee von den Brincken, it looks like a small version of the Ebstorf Map from Northern Germany. It is a typical "mappa mundi" that does not only show the geographical and historical knowledge, but also puts it into the frame of salvation history.

title: A Map of the World (film)

text: (Julianne Moore) on Alice's property, the couple watch helplessly as the community turns against them. To make matters worse, Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half out of four stars, praising the performances, and likening it to such movies as "Being John Malkovich" and "Three Kings" in "being free—in being capable of taking any turn at any moment, without the need to follow tired conventions". The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. A Map of the World (film) A Map of the World is a drama

title: Ptolemy's world map

text: Ptolemy's world map The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Hellenistic society in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy's book "Geography", written . Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria. Significant contributions of Ptolemy's maps are the first use of longitudinal and latitudinal lines as well as specifying terrestrial locations by celestial observations. The "Geography" was translated from Greek into Arabic in the 9th century and played a role in the work of al-Khwārizmī before lapsing into

title: A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe

text: A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe, full title: A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe with all the New Discoveries and Marginal Delineations, Containing the Most Interesting Particulars in the Solar, Starry and Mundane System, is a general map of the world, or terraqueous globe with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the solar, starry and mundane system by Samuel Dunn and Thomas Kitchin in 1794. The map also features star charts, map of the Moon, map of the

title: Miss Singapore World

text: Raha MWS 2018 2nd Princess - Vanessa Tiara Vanessa Peh made history by advancing to the Top 30 of Miss World 2018 Grand Final held in Sanya, China. The winner of Miss World Singapore represents her country at Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. Miss Singapore World Miss World Singapore is a Singapore beauty pageant licensed by Miss World Limited to Sean Wong since 2018. The current National Director, Sean Wong, who is a social entrepreneur and singer songwriter, is a Singapore Honoree of the Ten

text: Spanish legends of the Seven Cities of Gold is located slightly south of the western rivers. See Map for more links to historical maps; however, most of the largest sites are listed at the sites linked below. A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe, full title: A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe with all the New Discoveries and Marginal Delineations, Containing the Most Interesting Particulars in the Solar, Starry and Mundane System, is a general map of the world, or terraqueous globe with all the new

title: De Virga world map

text: a Jewish family from Heidelberg. De Virga world map The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. The map contains a mention in small letters: Albertinus de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The map disappeared, together with its owners, a Jewish family from Heidelberg, at the end of the 1930s. The map is circular with a diameter of 410 mm. It is drawn on a piece of parchment 696×440 mm which also includes a calendar and two tables. One table was

title: De Virga world map

text: De Virga world map The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. The map contains a mention in small letters: Albertinus de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The map disappeared, together with its owners, a Jewish family from Heidelberg, at the end of the 1930s. The map is circular with a diameter of 410 mm. It is drawn on a piece of parchment 696×440 mm which also includes a calendar and two tables. One table was for calculating lunar changes, the

title: Bianco world map

text: The map also contains two different estimates of the size of the world sphere. Bianco world map The Bianco World Map is a map created by "Andrea Bianco", a 15th-century Venetian sailor and cartographer. This map was a part of a nautical atlas including ten pages made of vellum (each measuring 26 × 38 cm). These vellum pages were previously held in an 18th-century binding, but the current owner, Venetian library Biblioteca Marciana, separated the pages for individual exhibition. To confirm his authorship of the atlas, Bianco added to the first page a signature flag with the text "Andreas Biancho

title: World map

text: is made using a map projection, which is any method of representing a globe on a plane. All projections distort distances and directions, and each projection distributes those distortions differently. Perhaps the most well known projection is the Mercator Projection, originally designed as a nautical chart. A thematic map shows geographic information about one or a few focused subjects. These maps "can portray physical, social, political, cultural, economic, sociological, agricultural, or any other aspects of a city, state, region, nation, or continent". Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and

title: Leonardo's world map

text: for one of John Dee's maps of 1580". Others also accept explicitly the authorship of both (the map and its projection) as authentic, although leaving open the question of Leonardo's direct hand, giving the authorship of the work to one of his disciples as Nordenskiöld states in his book "Facsimile-Atlas" (1889) confirmed by Dutton (1995) and many others: "..on account of the remarkable projection..not by Leonardo himself, but by some ignorant clerk.", or Keunig (1955) being more precise: "..by one of his followers at his direction..". Leonardo's world map Generally known as Leonardo's world map, it is a map drawn

title: Leonardo's world map

text: Leonardo's world map Generally known as Leonardo's world map, it is a map drawn in the "octant projection" in approximately 1514, which has been related with the first uses of the name America. The map shows all the information that Amerigo Vespucci brought from his travels, reported in 1503 and 1505. Additionally, the map shows the Arctic as an ocean and Antarctica as a continent of about the correct size, a cartographic accuracy not replicated for about the following three centuries. The likelihood that the map, found among Leonardo da Vinci's papers preserved in Windsor, was drawn by Leonardo himself

title: Geologic map

text: and geology, a sheet of cross section and a locality map. The difference found between the 1976 Geology of Singapore report include numerous formations found in literature between 1976 and 2009. These include the Fort Canning Boulder Beds and stretches of limestone. Geologic map A geologic map or geological map is a special-purpose map made to show geological features. Rock units or geologic strata are shown by color or symbols to indicate where they are exposed at the surface. Bedding planes and structural features such as faults, folds, foliations, and lineations are shown with strike and dip or trend and

title: Babylonian Map of the World

text: circle (water perimeter) represent named "regions" ("nagu"). The description of five of them has survived. Carlo Zaccagnini has argued that the design of the Babylonian map of the world may have lived on in the T and O map of the European Middle Ages. Babylonian Map of the World The Babylonian Map of the World (or "Imago Mundi") is a Babylonian clay tablet containing a labeled depiction of the known world, with a short and partially lost description, dated to roughly the 6th century BC (Neo-Babylonian or early Achaemenid period). The map is centered on the Euphrates, flowing from the

title: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV show)

text: was accurate as of the date this program was recorded", with the recording date listed in the copyright info at the end. All of the music on the series (including assorted short stings and stagers) was arranged and performed by Rockapella. The theme song played in full over the animated end credits as the studio audience danced to the music on the map, and in later episodes the audience would join in singing along. The main theme song was written by Sean Altman and David Yazbek, and appears on the 1992 soundtrack album "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?"

title: Babylonian Map of the World

text: Babylonian Map of the World The Babylonian Map of the World (or "Imago Mundi") is a Babylonian clay tablet containing a labeled depiction of the known world, with a short and partially lost description, dated to roughly the 6th century BC (Neo-Babylonian or early Achaemenid period). The map is centered on the Euphrates, flowing from the north (top) to the south (bottom). The city of Babylon is shown on the Euphrates, in the northern half of the map. The mouth of the Euphrates is labelled "swamp" and "outflow". Susa, the capital of Elam, is shown to the south, Urartu to

title: Miss Singapore World

text: Miss Singapore World Miss World Singapore is a Singapore beauty pageant licensed by Miss World Limited to Sean Wong since 2018. The current National Director, Sean Wong, who is a social entrepreneur and singer songwriter, is a Singapore Honoree of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of The World (TOYP) Award in 2012 and a recipient of the Spirit of Enterprise Award in 2006. Under his leadership, Miss World Singapore's Beauty With A Purpose Project 2018 raised a record-breaking total amount of SGD 4 million to provide free healthcare for the elderly and low income families in Singapore. The Miss World

title: World Map 1:2,500,000

text: and the Soviet Union. The production of a 1:2,500,000 scale map of the world had been discussed since the late 1940s, partly because many cartographers were dissatisfied with the work on the International Map of the World (or "Millionth Map", after its scale of 1:1,000,000). Due to the destruction of the "Central Bureau of the Map of the World" in London during World War II, the Millionth Map had suffered a serious setback, and it was uncertain whether that series could ever be completed. The initiative for the production of the Karta Mira was taken by cartographers from Hungary (Alexander

title: Bianco world map

text: Bianco world map The Bianco World Map is a map created by "Andrea Bianco", a 15th-century Venetian sailor and cartographer. This map was a part of a nautical atlas including ten pages made of vellum (each measuring 26 × 38 cm). These vellum pages were previously held in an 18th-century binding, but the current owner, Venetian library Biblioteca Marciana, separated the pages for individual exhibition. To confirm his authorship of the atlas, Bianco added to the first page a signature flag with the text "Andreas Biancho de Veneciis me fecit M cccc xxx vj". Roughly translated, this reads "Made by

title: Bianco world map

text: me Andreas Biancho in Venice, 1436." Andrea Bianco also collaborated with Fra Mauro on the Fra Mauro world map of 1459. The first page, or "Tavola 1", shows a diagram of the "Raxon or Toleta of Marteloio", a navigational technique that enabled sailors to calculate how to return to their intended course after being blown off-course. The next eight pages contain seven local and one Europe-wide Portolan charts. The ninth page contains a circular world map measuring 24 cm in circumference. The final page illustrates a Ptolemaic world map based upon Ptolemy's first projection with a graduation of the latitudes.

text: Solar System and numerous other features along with earth's both hemispheres. Samuel Dunn Map is so large and so rich in detail that it is exceptionally challenging to do it full justice in either photographic or textual descriptions. The primary map is surrounded on all sides by detailed scientific calculations and descriptions as well as Northern and Southern Hemisphere star charts, a map of the moon, a latitude and longitude analemma chart, a map of the Solar System, a mercator projection of the World, an analemma projection, a seasonal chart, a universal scale chart, and numerous smaller diagrams depicting planets

title: World Map at Lake Klejtrup

text: shape. Red poles mark the equator, and each country is represented by miniature flags, which are updated yearly. State borders in the United States of America are marked with yellow bricks; Poulsen lived 20 years in America. The map is the epicenter of a park, which has, among other attractions, a picnic area, a coffee shop and a playground. The World Map is an important attraction in the area, and attracts about 40,000 visitors per year, most of them Danish. World Map at Lake Klejtrup The World Map at Lake Klejtrup () is a miniature world map built of stones

title: Mercator 1569 world map

text: Mercator 1569 world map The Mercator world map of 1569 is titled "Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata" (Renaissance Latin for "New and more complete representation of the terrestrial globe properly adapted for use in navigation"). The title shows that Gerardus Mercator aimed to present contemporary knowledge of the geography of the world and at the same time 'correct' the chart to be more useful to sailors. This 'correction', whereby constant bearing sailing courses on the sphere (rhumb lines) are mapped to straight lines on the plane map, characterizes the Mercator projection. While the map's

title: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game)

text: the "World Almanac", as Carlston had plans to ship the game with the "Almanac" with it. Siefkin wrote an early script for the game beside the swimming pool in Strawberry Canyon on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. Siefkin was also inspired by "Colossal Cave Adventure", transforming the cavern into a map of the world, where the rooms of the cavern become countries with real treasures, and the clues were based on the languages, culture, and geography of those countries that they could get from the "Almanac". In the initial script, the game would select a random

title: World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map

text: ore at Kursk. It identifies some prominent magnetic anomalies on the African continent. The dominant factors for magnetic anomalies picked up on the map are "the thickness of the magnetised layer and the composition of the crust". Younger crust is typically thinner, and naturally has a lower number of magnetic materials. World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map The World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map (WDMAM) was first made available by the Commission for the Geological Map of the World in 2007. Compiled with data from governments and institutes, the project was coordinated by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, and was

title: Underwater World, Singapore

text: World & dolphin show did not include the direct contact with the dolphins, an additional photo-coupon had to be purchased. The lagoon also included a Dolphin Suite where visitors could watch the dolphin performance from within an air-conditioned area. In August 2014 the organizations Wildlife Watcher Singapore, in collaboration with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, disclosed severe mistreatment of the dolphins in the Lagoon in a report. The pink dolphins have since been rehoused in Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, an oceanarium in Zhuhai, China. On 6 December 2006, Underwater World Singapore launched three new attractionsan interactive stingray feeding pool, a display of

title: A Blank on the Map

text: A Blank on the Map A Blank on the Map is a Television documentary made by the BBC which was written and presented by David Attenborough filmed in New Guinea. It was first transmitted in the UK on 29 December 1971 and is now available on the DVD collection "Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages". The documentary follows Attenborough as he joins Ambunti Patrol No 19/1970-71 (3 May to 10 June 1971), led by ADC Laurie Bragge, crossing through a previously unexplored region in search of an uncontacted people known as the Bikaru. However a setback is encountered when

title: World Map at Lake Klejtrup

text: in this way the World Map took shape. Some of the stones used weighted more than 2 tonnes. Poulsen created the World Map between 1944 and 1969. It measures 45 by 90 metres (49 by 98 yards), covering an area of over 4000 square meters (1 acre). One 111-kilometre (69 mi) degree of latitude corresponds to 27 centimetres (11 inches) on the map. On Poulsen's map, Antarctica is not present and the Northern Hemisphere is marked in two places, ensuring a better impression of the correct distances between the countries to avoid the difficulties of spreading out our planet's globular

title: World Map at Lake Klejtrup

text: World Map at Lake Klejtrup The World Map at Lake Klejtrup () is a miniature world map built of stones and grass in Klejtrup Sø near the village of Klejtrup, Viborg Municipality, Denmark. In 1943, Søren Poulsen, a local farmer, was working on the drainage of the surrounding meadows when he found a stone shaped like the Jutland peninsula. This inspired him to create a small world of his own. During the winter months, with the use of primitive tools, he placed big stones carefully on the ice. When spring arrived, the stones could easily be tilted into place, and

title: A Blank on the Map

text: the BBC crew were flown out and the rest of the patrol returned to Ambunti. Ambunti Patrol No 19/1970-7 report http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb0172517z A Blank on the Map A Blank on the Map is a Television documentary made by the BBC which was written and presented by David Attenborough filmed in New Guinea. It was first transmitted in the UK on 29 December 1971 and is now available on the DVD collection "Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages". The documentary follows Attenborough as he joins Ambunti Patrol No 19/1970-71 (3 May to 10 June 1971), led by ADC Laurie Bragge, crossing

title: International Map of the World

text: International Map of the World The International Map of the World (also called the Millionth Map, after its scale of 1:1000000) was a project begun in 1913 to create a complete map of the world according to internationally agreed standards. Roads were depicted in red, towns and railways were depicted in black, and the labels were written in the Roman alphabet. The map was the brainchild of Albrecht Penck, a German geographer who first proposed it in 1891. The Central Bureau of the Map of the World was established at the Ordnance Survey in London. After the Second World War,

title: Ptolemy's world map

text: "Saxonôn" Nesôi (archipelago), east of the "Skandiai" Nêsoi, which itself lies west of a larger island "Skandia". "Skandia" is home to the "Goutai" in the center, and the "Phiraisoi" in the east. North of Jutland lies a third archipelago "Alokiai" Nêsoi. South of the "Albis" lives the "Lakkobardoi" and to its north the "Saxones". The west coast of Jutland is home to the "Sigulônes", the "Sabaliggio", the "Kobandoi", the "Eundusioi" and the northernmost "Kimbroi" (possibly Cimbri). The center and east is home to the "Kimbrikê" (possibly Cimbri), the "Chersonêsos" and the "Charudes". Ptolemy's world map The Ptolemy world map is

title: Map of the Invisible World

text: Map of the Invisible World Map of the Invisible World is the second novel by Tash Aw and was released in 2009. It is about two brothers, Adam and Johan, who were abandoned by their mother as children, and later separated when they were adopted by different families in Indonesia and Malaysia. Critical reception for "Map of the Invisible World" has been mostly positive, with The Guardian writing that the book was "haunting and memorable". The LA Times praised Aw's "intriguing secondary characters", but stated that "In the end, Aw fails to build on what he did so well in

title: Singapore History Gallery

text: Singapore History Gallery The Singapore History Gallery is a gallery located within the vicinity of the National Museum of Singapore. The gallery adopts a story-telling approach, unveiling different perspectives through tales of the past. The history gallery have gone through some major renovations to improve facilities and to create a new experience for visitors in the museum. When visitors walk into the galley's main entrance on level 1 . Visitors are welcome by the nice breeze of the multimedia projections of a map in Singapore from 1700's made by a European traveler that navigated the world in that century. The

title: World Map 1:2,500,000

text: second edition began in 1989, but appears to have been abandoned with the collapse of the Communist regimes in the Eastern Bloc shortly thereafter. World Map 1:2,500,000 The World Map 1:2,500,000 () is an internationally standardized and edited map series. The term "Карта Мира" or in transcription "Karta Mira" is now commonly used to describe this series, even outside the Soviet Union or Russia. The "Karta Mira" consists of a total of 224 (#1-17 & 28-234) main sheets and 38 overlap sheets (although at least 10 were dropped). They depict the entire earth (land and water surfaces) according to a

title: World Map 1:2,500,000

text: World Map 1:2,500,000 The World Map 1:2,500,000 () is an internationally standardized and edited map series. The term "Карта Мира" or in transcription "Karta Mira" is now commonly used to describe this series, even outside the Soviet Union or Russia. The "Karta Mira" consists of a total of 224 (#1-17 & 28-234) main sheets and 38 overlap sheets (although at least 10 were dropped). They depict the entire earth (land and water surfaces) according to a uniform scale, coloring and drawing system. The "Karta Mira 1956-1975" was produced by cartographers from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania

title: Borgia map

text: who is described as "the Saracen Ethiopian king with his dog-headed people". This is one of the many examples of where the blasphemous extremes of the world were depicted as monstrous races, who were yet to be converted by Christian missionaries. Borgia map Mainly a decoration piece, the Borgia map is a world map made sometime in the early 15th century, and engraved on a metal plate. Its "workmanship and written explanations make it one of the most precious pieces of the history of cartography". The year when the Borgia map was created is unknown. One source argues that the

title: World Intermediary Liability Map

text: World Intermediary Liability Map The World Intermediary Liability Map (WILMap) is an online repository of information on international intermediary liability regimes hosted at Stanford CIS. The WILMap has been designed, developed and launched in July 2014 by Giancarlo Frosio. The WILMap is a graphic interface for legislation and case law enabling the public to learn about intermediary liability regimes worldwide and evolving Internet regulation affecting freedom of expression and user rights. This detailed English-language resource allows visitors to select information on countries of interest, including case law, statutes, and proposed laws. Each country page includes links to original sources and

title: Singapore

text: and Nanyang Technological University are among the top 20 universities in the world. Singapore students excelled in most of the world education benchmarks in maths, science and reading. In 2015, both its primary and secondary students rank first in OECD's global school performance rankings across 76 countries—described as the most comprehensive map of education standards. In 2016, Singapore students topped both the Program International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). In the 2015 International Baccalaureate exams taken in 107 countries, Singapore students fared best with more than half of the world's 81 perfect

title: Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?

text: Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? is an American animated television series based on the series of computer games. The show was produced by DIC Entertainment/Program Exchange and originally aired Saturday mornings on FOX during the Fox Kids block. Its episodes have subsequently been repeated on the Fox Family, PAX and the short-lived girlzChannel. Reruns of the series currently air on The Worship Network and Qubo. The series won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program in 1995 and in the same year was spun off into a Where in the World-styled

title: World Intermediary Liability Map

text: necessary information to create and update each country page. The creation of a global network of WILMap contributors also allowed to promote synergies with global platforms and free expression groups to advocate for policies that will protect innovation and other user rights. World Intermediary Liability Map The World Intermediary Liability Map (WILMap) is an online repository of information on international intermediary liability regimes hosted at Stanford CIS. The WILMap has been designed, developed and launched in July 2014 by Giancarlo Frosio. The WILMap is a graphic interface for legislation and case law enabling the public to learn about intermediary liability

title: GEMS World Academy (Singapore)

text: GEMS World Academy (Singapore) GEMS World Academy (Singapore) [GEMS新加坡国际学校], is an International School in Singapore that is owned by GEMS Education. The school offers Early Years, Primary Years and Secondary Years education. Early Years are from Pre-K to K2 (Age 3-5), Primary Years are from Grade 1 to Grade 5 (Age 6-10) while Secondary Years are from Grade 6 to Grade 12 (Age 11-17). GEMS (Singapore) is one of the few IB World Schools in Singapore to offer all four International Baccalaureate (IB) Programmes; Primary Years (PYP), Middle Years (MYP) Diploma (DP) and Career-related (CP) programmes. As a certified Cambridge

title: Middle Road, Singapore

text: of Shaw Towers in the 1970s. Middle Road, Singapore Middle Road is a road stretching along the Downtown Core and Rochor planning areas within the Central Area of Singapore. It starts from its junction with Selegie Road and ends at Beach Road. Middle Road was already in existence in early Singapore, appearing in George Drumgoole Coleman's "Map of Singapore" in 1836. The area around Middle Road was the original settlement of the Hainanese immigrant community, a community noted for its active role in the food and beverage history of Singapore. From the late 19th century until the Second World War,

title: Middle Road, Singapore

text: Middle Road, Singapore Middle Road is a road stretching along the Downtown Core and Rochor planning areas within the Central Area of Singapore. It starts from its junction with Selegie Road and ends at Beach Road. Middle Road was already in existence in early Singapore, appearing in George Drumgoole Coleman's "Map of Singapore" in 1836. The area around Middle Road was the original settlement of the Hainanese immigrant community, a community noted for its active role in the food and beverage history of Singapore. From the late 19th century until the Second World War, the area around Middle Road, Hylam

title: Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world

text: much across borders. This suggests nations are culturally meaningful units. Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world The Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world is a map, or more precisely, a scatter plot created by political scientists Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel based on the World Values Survey. It depicts closely linked cultural values that vary between societies in two predominant dimensions: traditional versus secular-rational values on the vertical y-axis and survival versus self-expression values on the horizontal x-axis. Moving upward on this map reflects the shift from traditional values to secular-rational ones and moving rightward reflects the shift from survival

text: Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world The Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world is a map, or more precisely, a scatter plot created by political scientists Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel based on the World Values Survey. It depicts closely linked cultural values that vary between societies in two predominant dimensions: traditional versus secular-rational values on the vertical y-axis and survival versus self-expression values on the horizontal x-axis. Moving upward on this map reflects the shift from traditional values to secular-rational ones and moving rightward reflects the shift from survival values to self-expression values. According to the authors: "These two

title: Map of the Invisible World

text: great power and delicacy" but that the book was "a slightly perfunctory tale of diplomatic intrigue". Map of the Invisible World Map of the Invisible World is the second novel by Tash Aw and was released in 2009. It is about two brothers, Adam and Johan, who were abandoned by their mother as children, and later separated when they were adopted by different families in Indonesia and Malaysia. Critical reception for "Map of the Invisible World" has been mostly positive, with The Guardian writing that the book was "haunting and memorable". The LA Times praised Aw's "intriguing secondary characters", but

title: Borgia map

text: Borgia map Mainly a decoration piece, the Borgia map is a world map made sometime in the early 15th century, and engraved on a metal plate. Its "workmanship and written explanations make it one of the most precious pieces of the history of cartography". The year when the Borgia map was created is unknown. One source argues that the map must date from sometime before 1453. Another source suggests the map was made c.1450. In the late 18th century the artifact found its way into an antique shop, from where it became part of the collection of Cardinal Borgia. The

title: Singapore and the World Bank

text: Singapore and the World Bank Singapore officially joined the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) on August 3, 1966 after Singapore's independence from Malaysia. By 1975, Singapore received 14 total loans from the World Bank, 10 of these loans were used exclusively for infrastructure projects. Currently, Singapore is a member of World Bank Group Institutions including International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), International Development Association (IDA), and the International Centre of Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The first infrastructure project was the expansion of the Jurong Harbour in Singapore.

title: GEMS World Academy (Singapore)

text: Years students in Grade 6 and above have Swimming once or twice during the school year as part of their Physical Education curriculum. . The World Language Programme focuses on four key components. They are: GEMS World Academy (Singapore) GEMS World Academy (Singapore) [GEMS新加坡国际学校], is an International School in Singapore that is owned by GEMS Education. The school offers Early Years, Primary Years and Secondary Years education. Early Years are from Pre-K to K2 (Age 3-5), Primary Years are from Grade 1 to Grade 5 (Age 6-10) while Secondary Years are from Grade 6 to Grade 12 (Age 11-17). GEMS

title: Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?

text: Sony BMG Music Entertainment released the first season on DVD. Due to poor sales, no further seasons were released. LionsGate Entertainment has released two of the show's three-part episodes ("Retribution" and "Labyrinth") as full-length direct-to-video films entitled "Carmen's Revenge" and "Time Traveler," respectively. A video of the episode "Timing is Everything" is included with some versions of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge." On July 22, 2011, Mill Creek Entertainment announced that they had acquired the rights to the series and planned on releasing it in its entirety in 2012. They subsequently released "Where on Earth

title: Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

text: Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? is a 2008 documentary film, conceived by Adam Dell and co written, produced, directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. The title of the film is a play on the title of the television game show and computer game series, "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?", and other “Where in the World is” themes. After some comical animations involving Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the film shows Spurlock visiting various countries associated with or affected by Bin Laden. The film

title: World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map

text: these organizations." Diplomacy was needed to acquire data from the Russians, Indians, and Argentinians and so on. It is available through the Commission for the Geological Map of the World. The map is compiled from a jigsaw of aeromagnetic surveys, incorporating both ground-based, airbome and marine magnetic data, but is incomplete. CHAMP, a German and Russian-built satellite which has been in orbit since 2001, has been of crucial importance to the map compilers. One of its principal achievements is that it has significantly improved the "pre-processing and the corrections applied to the CHAMP satellite measurements in order to obtain 'clean'

title: Singapore and the World Bank

text: urban development as well as the global infrastructure facility. Singapore and the World Bank Singapore officially joined the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) on August 3, 1966 after Singapore's independence from Malaysia. By 1975, Singapore received 14 total loans from the World Bank, 10 of these loans were used exclusively for infrastructure projects. Currently, Singapore is a member of World Bank Group Institutions including International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), International Development Association (IDA), and the International Centre of Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The first infrastructure project

title: Map symbolization

text: maps use one single dot to represent where a single phenomenon is the most likely to occur. The total amount of dots can cover a single area or multiple areas. The density of the dots is interpreted by the user as areas of high value. This method is more accurate than proportional and Isopleth maps. Map symbolization Map symbolization is the characters, letters, or similar graphic representations used on a map to indicate an object or characteristic in the real world. In cartography, the principles of cognition are important since they explain why certain map symbols work. In the past,

title: Leonardo's world map

text: triangles, each section bounded by the Equator and two meridians separate by 90°. This was the first map of this type. Some critics believe that the existing map was not really an autograph work, since the precision and expertise in the drawing does not reflect the usual high standards of da Vinci. They suggest that it was probably done by a trusted employee or copyist at Leonardo's workshop. Da Vinci's authorship would be demonstrated by Christopher Tyler in his paper entitled "Leonardo da Vinci’s World Map", in which he provides examples of derivative maps in a similar projection to da

title: The Map that Changed the World

text: principle that fossils change over time and can be reliably used to identify layers. Martin Rudwick's "Earth's Deep History: How It Was Discovered and Why It Matters" is perhaps the most accessible account of the development of geology in this time interval. The Map that Changed the World The Map that Changed the World is a book by Simon Winchester about English geologist William Smith and his great achievement, the first geological map of England and Wales. Smith's was the first national-scale geological map, and by far the most accurate of its time. His pivotal insights were that each local

title: Leonardo's world map

text: of a supposed globe represented in a plane.."), completely as Leonardo's work, describing the octant projection as the first of this type, among them, R. H. Major (1865) in his work "Memoir on a mappemonde by Leonardo da Vinci, being the earliest map hitherto known containing the name of America," Grothe, the "Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana" (1934), Snyder in his book "Flattening the Earth" (1993), Christopher Tyler in his paper (2014) "Leonardo da Vinci’s World Map", José Luis Espejo in his book (2012) "Los mensajes ocultos de Leonardo Da Vinci", or David Bower in his work (2012) "The unusual projection

title: Mercator 1569 world map

text: works, but he declares (Legend 3) that he was also greatly indebted to many new charts prepared by Portuguese and Spanish sailors in the portolan tradition. Earlier cartographers of world maps had largely ignored the more accurate practical charts of sailors, and vice versa, but the age of discovery, from the closing decade of the fifteenth century, stimulated the integration of these two mapping traditions: Mercator's world map is one of the earliest fruits of this merger. Mercator's 1569 map was a large planisphere, i.e. a projection of the spherical Earth onto the plane. It was printed in eighteen separate

title: The Map that Changed the World

text: The Map that Changed the World The Map that Changed the World is a book by Simon Winchester about English geologist William Smith and his great achievement, the first geological map of England and Wales. Smith's was the first national-scale geological map, and by far the most accurate of its time. His pivotal insights were that each local sequence of rock strata was a subsequence of a single universal sequence of strata and that these rock strata could be distinguished and traced for great distances by means of embedded fossilized organisms. Winchester's book narrates the intellectual context of the time,

title: Names of Singapore

text: strait as "[bar]-čin-gapura" (where "čin" is China and "gopara" is a "gate" in Sanskrit) meaning "gateway to the port of China". Although it is believed that the name Singapura replaced Temasek some time in the 14th century, the origin of the name cannot be determined with certainty. The first possible written records of Singapore possibly date to the 2nd century, when the island was identified as a trading post in the maps of the Greek astronomer, Ptolemy. The map located a place called "Sabara" or "Sabana" in the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula (named the Golden Khersonese) where Singapore

title: Underwater World, Singapore

text: reef for diving and snorkelling. A week later it was announced that Genting International won the bid. In 2012, the Marine Life Park (also known as S.E.A. Aquarium) opened in Resorts World Sentosa. Underwater World, Singapore Underwater World (Chinese: 新加坡海底世界) (13 May 1991 – 26 June 2016), also known as Underwater World Singapore Pte Ltd, was an oceanarium located on the offshore Singaporean island of Sentosa. Opened in 1991, it had more than 2,500 marine animals of 250 species from different regions of the world. The oceanarium was mostly underground and it was owned by the Haw Par Corporation. The

title: Mao Kun map

text: is given. Among the places marked on the map are Chenla, Champa (占城), Siam (暹羅), Langkasuka (狼西加), Singapore (as Temasek, 淡馬錫), Malacca (滿剌加), Sumatra, and Kalimantan. Some of the places marked include Bengal (榜葛剌), Orissa, Sri Lanka, Kollam, Calicut, Hormuz, Oman. The east coast of Africa is shown in sections of the map with Sri Lanka and India with its land mass at the top of the map and the Maldives in the middle. Places such as Mombasa (慢八撒), Barawa (卜剌哇), and Mogadishu (木骨都束) are marked on the map. Other locations identified include Lamu Island, Manda Island, and Jubba and

title: Ptolemy's world map

text: in the expansion of the Roman Empire to the East. Trade throughout the Indian Ocean was extensive from the 2nd century, and many Roman trading ports have been identified in India. From these ports, Roman embassies to China are recorded in Chinese historical sources from around 166. The Danish historian Gudmund Schütte attempted to reconstruct the Danish part of Ptolemy's world map. This derivative includes several place- and tribe-names, some of which can be interpreted to their contemporary equivalent. The most prominent feature of the map is the peninsula Jutland placed north of the river "Albis Trêva", west of the

title: Underwater World, Singapore

text: Underwater World, Singapore Underwater World (Chinese: 新加坡海底世界) (13 May 1991 – 26 June 2016), also known as Underwater World Singapore Pte Ltd, was an oceanarium located on the offshore Singaporean island of Sentosa. Opened in 1991, it had more than 2,500 marine animals of 250 species from different regions of the world. The oceanarium was mostly underground and it was owned by the Haw Par Corporation. The Underwater World's ticket included admission to the Dolphin Lagoon at Palawan Beach. Underwater World was also involved in several environmental and educational projects, such as the Living in the Ocean Programme, Ocean Ambassador

title: Vinland map

text: but, the proceedings were not published for another five years. There were questions about the actual content of the map. Witten had pointed out that it bore strong resemblances to a map made in the 1430s by Italian mariner Andrea Bianco, but others found some of the similarities and differences very strange—the map cuts off Africa where Bianco's map has a page fold, but distorts shapes, and includes major revisions in the far east and west. The most surprising revision is that, unlike, for example, the famous Cantino World Map, the Vinland Map depicts Greenland as an island, remarkably close

title: International Map of the World

text: latitude. Longitudinal slices are numbered 1 (180-174°West) through 60 (174-180°East). Latitudinal slices are named NA (0-4°North) through NV (84-88°North) and SA (0-4°South) through SV (84-88°South). For example Due to shortening of longitudinal distances with increasing latitude, longitudinal span beyond 60 degrees latitude doubles to twelve degrees. Beyond 76 degrees it doubles again to 24 degrees. This indexing system outlived the international project and is still used in national and international mapping programs by Australia, Russia and the United States. International Map of the World The International Map of the World (also called the Millionth Map, after its scale of 1:1000000)

title: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (album)

text: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (album) Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is the soundtrack to the PBS children's geography game show of the same name that ran between 1991 and 1996. It was released on November 10, 1992 by BMG Kidz, Fight Records and Zoom Express. Rockapella, the house band on the show throughout its entire run, sings six of the ten songs on the soundtrack. The group had been around for about 5.5 years before being contracted to work for the World gameshow. The producer of that series saw the group on the Spike Lee

title: World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map

text: World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map The World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map (WDMAM) was first made available by the Commission for the Geological Map of the World in 2007. Compiled with data from governments and institutes, the project was coordinated by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, and was presented by Mike Purucker of NASA and Colin Reeves of the Netherlands. As of 2007, it was considered to be "the first truly global compilation of lithospheric magnetic field observations." and further improvements dated to 2009 relate to the full spectrum magnetic anomaly grid of the United States and also data

title: Australia on the Map

text: Australia on the Map Australia on the Map is the history and heritage division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society. It seeks to enhance Australians’ knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the nation’s early history, beginning in 1606 with the voyages of Willem Janszoon in the "Duyfken" and Luis Váez de Torres in "Los Tres Reyes" and "San Pedro", and continuing to the present. Australia on the Map Division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society is the successor organisation to Australia on the Map: 1606–2006. Australia on the Map: 1606–2006 was formed by Peter Reynders and Rupert Gerritsen in 2002 as the vehicle

title: Zeno map

text: is a mistranscription of "d'Orkney". The voyage supposedly traversed the North Atlantic and, according to some interpretations, reached North America. Most historians regard the map and accompanying narrative as a hoax, perpetrated by the younger Zeno to make a retroactive claim for Venice as having discovered the New World before Christopher Columbus. The evidence against the authenticity of the map is based largely on the appearance of many phantom islands in the North Atlantic and off the coast of Iceland. One of these non-existent islands was Frisland, where the Zeno brothers allegedly spent some time. Current scholarship regards the map

title: Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

text: wants to change it into an amusement park. Spurlock is also shown on a US Army patrol as an embedded journalist. Spurlock is shown hesitating to enter the area of Pakistan near the Afghan border where Bin Laden is at the time, which is closed to foreigners, and deciding not to go there, arguing that it is not worth the risk. He concludes that the people in the countries he visited are ordinary people just like himself and the audience. Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? is a 2008 documentary

title: Dymaxion map

text: Museum Ludwig in Cologne. The World Game, a collaborative simulation game in which players attempt to solve world problems, is played on a 70-by-35-foot Dymaxion map. In 2013, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the publication of the Dymaxion map in "Life" magazine, the Buckminster Fuller Institute announced the "Dymax Redux", a competition for graphic designers and visual artists to re-imagine the Dymaxion map. The competition received over 300 entries from 42 countries. Dymaxion map The Dymaxion map or Fuller map is a projection of a world map onto the surface of an icosahedron, which can be unfolded and flattened

title: Mercator 1569 world map

text: founded in truth: the reaction of Spanish sailors of slight stature on confronting a tribe of natives who were well over six foot in height. These images of South Americans are almost direct copies of similar figures on the #World and regional maps before 1569 map of Diego Gutierrez. The are three other images of figures: Prester John in Ethiopia ; a tiny vignette of two 'flute' players (see text); the Zolotaia baba at . (Zolotaia baba may also may be found on the near the right border at mid-height). The italic script used on the map was largely developed

title: Mini-map

text: Mini-map A mini-map or minimap is a miniature map that is often placed at a screen corner in video games to aid players in orienting themselves within the game world. They are often only a small portion of the screen and thus must be selective in what details they display. Elements usually included on Mini-maps vary by video game genre. However, commonly included features are the position of the player character, allied units or structures, enemies, objectives and surrounding terrain. Mini-maps have become very common in real-time strategy and MMORPG video games because they serve as an indication of where

title: Geologic map

text: then Public Work Department. The publication includes a locality map, 8 map sheets detailing the topography and geological units, and a sheet containing cross sections of the island. Since 1974, for 30 years, there were many findings reported in various technical conferences on new found geology islandwide, but no new publication was produced. In 2006, Defence Science & Technology Agency, with their developments in underground space promptly started a re-publication of the Geology of Singapore, second edition. The new edition that was published in 2009, contains a 1:75,000 geology map of the island, 6 maps (1:25,000) containing topography, street directory

text: a giant map that covered the entire floor in front of the studio audience. The map often showed small red spots to represent cities and later added arrows to denote bodies of water. To capture Carmen, the gumshoe had to identify seven different locations on the map (eight beginning in season 2) in 45 seconds or less, each time using one of a set of large markers with flashing police lights mounted on top. If a location was correctly identified, the light would flash and a police siren would blare briefly, while incorrect guesses were marked by a two-note "uh-oh"

title: World map

text: coastlines, let alone its interior regions, were known to any culture. New knowledge of the Earth's surface has been accumulating ever since and continues to this day. Maps of the world generally focus either on political features or on physical features. Political maps emphasize territorial boundaries and human settlement. Physical maps show geographic features such as mountains, soil type or land use. Geological maps show not only the surface, but characteristics of the underlying rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures. Choropleth maps use color hue and intensity to contrast differences between regions, such as demographic or economic statistics. A map

title: Choropleth map

text: ("coloured map" in French). The term "choroplethe map" was introduced in 1938 by the geographer John Kirtland Wright in "Problems in Population Mapping". Choropleth maps are based on statistical data aggregated over previously defined regions (e.g., counties), in contrast to area-class and isarithmic maps, in which region boundaries are defined by data patterns. Thus, where defined regions are important to a discussion, as in an election map divided by electoral regions, choropleths are preferred. Where real-world patterns may not conform to the regions discussed, issues such as the ecological fallacy and the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) can lead to

title: Where in the World of Music Is Carmen Sandiego?

text: Where in the World of Music Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in the World of Music Is Carmen Sandiego? is a concert series developed by Gary Sheldon. It consists of 3 concerts: The Case of the Missing Concert Hall, The Case of the Missing Bells, and The Case of the Missing Pyramids. The annual family concerts are based on the popular Carmen Sandiego video game Where In The World, and the subsequent franchise. Sheldon has "taken [the show] to orchestras throughout America". Robert Weinapple still works with orchestras around the world hosting these children’s concerts. According to Sandpoint, Idaho, a unique

title: On a Little Street in Singapore

text: wistful. On a Little Street in Singapore "On a Little Street in Singapore" is a jazz song written by Peter DeRose and Billy Hill. Though now obscure, it had some measure of popularity in the 1930s and 1940s, marked by a number of high-profile performances. Artists to cover the song included Frank Sinatra with Harry James, Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Glenn Miller, Bert Kaempfert, Jimmy Dorsey and most recently Bob Dylan. Manhattan Transfer covered it again in 1978. The song features a haunting, lazy hook in a minor key, with numerous diminished chords. The overall impression is both languid

title: On a Little Street in Singapore

text: On a Little Street in Singapore "On a Little Street in Singapore" is a jazz song written by Peter DeRose and Billy Hill. Though now obscure, it had some measure of popularity in the 1930s and 1940s, marked by a number of high-profile performances. Artists to cover the song included Frank Sinatra with Harry James, Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Glenn Miller, Bert Kaempfert, Jimmy Dorsey and most recently Bob Dylan. Manhattan Transfer covered it again in 1978. The song features a haunting, lazy hook in a minor key, with numerous diminished chords. The overall impression is both languid and

title: ProFIT-MAP methodology

text: for improving the business. ProFIT-MAP was created by Anil Menawat. Its foundation is based on systems theory, which is an integrated approach for studying complex, dynamic, and interdependent systems. It also had roots in parametric costing which dates back to World War II where government planners needed a better way to forecast the cost of manufacturing aircraft. The name ProFIT-MAP is derived from two elements. “ProFIT” comes from “process and finance integration technology.” This refers to the methodology’s integrated multi-perspective focus on business execution. “MAP” refers to the methodology’s ability to create a highly detailed roadmap for improving the business.

title: Geologic map

text: grid. The 1:50,000 sheets originate from earlier 'one inch to the mile' (1:63,360) coverage utilising the pre-grid Ordnance Survey One Inch Third Edition as the base map. Current sheets are a mixture of modern field mapping at 1:10,000 redrawn at the 1:50,000 scale and older 1:63,360 maps reproduced on a modern base map at 1:50,000. In both cases the original OS Third Edition sheet margins and numbers are retained. The 1:250,000 sheets are defined using lines of latitude and longitude, each extending 1° north-south and 2° east-west. The first geological map of Singapore was produced in 1974, produced by the

title: Ptolemy's world map

text: world . The Malay Peninsula is given as the Golden Chersonese instead of the earlier "Golden Island", which derived from Indian accounts of the mines on Sumatra. Beyond the Golden Chersonese, the Great Gulf ("Magnus Sinus") forms a combination of the Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea which is bound by the unknown lands thought to enclose the Indian Sea. China is divided into two realms—the Qin ("Sinae") and the Land of Silk ("Serica")—owing to the different accounts received from the overland and maritime Silk Roads. The "Geography" and the map derived from it probably played an important role

title: Mercator 1569 world map

text: in the map legends which speculate on the Asian Prester John and the courses of the Ganges, Nile and Niger. For his geographical information Mercator quotes (Legends 3, 4, 8, 11, 14) classic authors such as Pliny the Elder, Pomponius Mela, Ptolemy, and earlier travellers such as Marco Polo but, as the principal geographer of his time, he would have undoubtedly have been in touch with contemporary travellers. Mercator was not a navigator himself and, while he was obviously aware of the concept of rhumb line, he missed several key practical aspects of navigation. As a result, his world map

title: Bobby A. Suarez

text: recognition for their cinematic excellence. In February 2006, The Singapore Straits Times gave Mr. Suarez a special award for his contribution in helping place Singapore in the Movie World Map. In December of that same year, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Academy of Film and Television for helping put Philippines in the Movie World Map. Mr. Suarez's experience and mastery in the art and science of international movie production, distribution and marketing of commercial movies is evidenced by his membership of prestigious organizations such as the Writer's Guild of the Philippines (WGP), the Director's Guild

title: Miss Singapore World

text: pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Alongside with its rival, the Miss Universe and Miss Earth contests, Miss World pageant is one of the most publicised beauty contests in the world. Miss World 2018 was held on December 8, 2018 at the Sanya Stadium, in Sanya, China. The current Miss World is Vanessa Ponce de Leon of Mexico. Miss World Singapore 2018 Winner - Vanessa Peh MWS 2018 1st Princess - Shonalie

title: Australia on the Map

text: the Map Division has help to facilitate one documentary, and is assisting a number of other documentaries in development. Commemorative Infrastructure being promoted by the Australia on the Map Division includes the concepts an Explorers Commemorative Area in the Parliamentary Triangle in Canberra and a National Events Corporation. Research Projects undertaken by the Australia on the Map Division include the online translation of the VOC Charter and the current Search for the Deadwater Wreck. Australia on the Map endeavours to foster commemorations of significant landmarks in early Australian history. In 2011 it promoted the 200th anniversary of the publication of