The Dynamics of oceanic cartography
By: edited by Adam J. Kerr.
Contributors: Kerr, Adam J.; ICA Commission VII on Oceanic Cartography.; ICA Conference (10th : 1980)
Series: Cartographica,; v. 17, no. 2 =; monograph 25; Cartographica (1980) ;; v. 17, no. 2.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: [Toronto]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Oceanography -- Charts, diagrams, etc. -- Congresses.; Ocean -- Maps -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Published by the University of Toronto Press in collaboration with the International Cartographic Association for presentation as a Commission [VII on Oceanic Cartography] report to the 10th ICA Conference, Japan, 1980."
Table of contents: title: Map projections in marine science / C.D. Gorton and P. Wainwright; title: The illustration of oceanic data : scalars / Peter Duncan; title: The illustration of oceanic data : vectors / Peter Duncan and John Oldson; title: The use of computer graphics for displaying data in three dimensions / Thomas K. Peucker; title: The impact of different mathematical approaches to contouring / Thomas K. Peucker; title: Oceanographic and marine mapping : a decade of experience at the Experimental Cartography Unit, London / D.P. Bickmore and R.H.W. Linton; title: A study of some cartographic techniques used by British oceanographers / Ann Richardson; title: United States techniques in oceanographic cartography / William E. Opalski and Donald E. Puccini; title: Examples of methods used for oceanic cartography in Japan / Japan Cartographers Association Commission on Oceanic Cartography.