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Subject: maps displaying projections
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:47:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
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I recently acquired a full set of the wonderful maps by Erwin Raisz, as
sold by the family business, Raisz Landform Maps, Brookline, Mass.
Among
these maps is one of the world, entitled 'The World in Armadillo'.  The
most prominent feature of this map is the projection, Armadillo.  The
lead subject heading given by the Library of Congress cataloger is
Armadillo projection (Cartography), with the form division, Maps.  This
leads to my question:

Have any of you found it worthwhile to maintain a file of world maps (or
of regions) that display particular projections?  The LC classification
schedule G for maps provides a subject cutter, .B72, for projections as
mathematical cartography where the map features a projection technique.
That fits this map very well, indeed.  I didn't realize there was a
subject division for this purpose.  I most generally focus on the
geographical emphasis of a map, whether it is of the world, or of a
region.

I have books and some charts that illustrate and discuss various
projection methods.  On the other hand, in our Interpretation of Maps
course, students need to identify a map that uses an assigned projection
method.  It occurred to me that a selection of maps, especially where a
small format map might be a duplicate, could form a nice file of
projections.  Some of the CIA maps in the small formats could work, with
Robinson, Miller cylindrical, etc.  And there are others.  I don't want
to
get too obsessive about it, but I think it could work.  Any insights
colleagues can lend would make interesting food for thought.

Ken
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Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian                         Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA