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Subject: 'Present and future of Japanese cartography' (including
libraries)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:41:51 +0100
From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
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For those who would like a ‘state of the art’ overview of Japanese cartography and map libraries, received here yesterday by our Library was a ‘Special issue’ of a Japanese journal (mostly with English summaries). To some extent it compares occidental vs oriental mapping.
Chizu = Map : journal of the Japanese Cartographers’ Association, ISSN 0009-4897 (Tokyo : c/o Japan Map Center), 2005, 43,4, includes the following items. I copy the English-language titles as listed in its ‘Contents’ and romanise (at no expense to yourselves, dear readers) the Japanese title of Ms Suzuki’s contribution only; the English summaries will be found at the end of each contribution:-
Introduction to the Special Issue ‘Present and future of Japanese cartography’ / Takashi MORITA (pp.1-2)
Present and future of the cartography in Base Map Service / Seiichi TANIOKA & Shoichi OKI (pp.3-14)
An approach to the ubiquitous mapping on the sea / Siniti KIKUTI (pp.15-24)
The current and future status of cartography from the viewpoint of Geographic Information Science [sic] / Teruko USUI (pp.25-32)
Chizu shizai-no shūshū, hozon, teikyō = Acquisition, use and preservation of cartographic materials and the map library / Junko SUZUKI (pp.33-41)
Statistical analysis of thematic maps used in human geography in Japan today / Yumio TOMATSURI & Yoshimi MIYAZKI (pp.42-50)
Usages, roles and possibilities of maps in regional studies / Koji KOBAYASHI (pp.51-58)
Past, present and future of cartography in the International cartographic Association / Takashi MORITA (pp.59-72)
Except for Morita’s ‘Introduction’ and Suzuki’s contribution each item has ill., fig., tab., or combinations thereof; similarly each has notes/refs in E and/or in Ja. ‘Famous’ names cited in various contributions include – excluding hydrographic subjects – R. Anson, C. Baruth, C. Board, T. Campbell, C. Fleet, S. Guptill, [G.R.] P. Lawrence, N. Millea, J. Morrison, S. Openshaw, F. Ormeling, M. Peterson, R.B. Parry, C.R. Perkins, W. Ristow, A.H. Robinson, A. Tatham, D. Turnock, & H. Wallis; and BCS (including analysis of The Cartographic Journal), IFLA, & LIBER.
Additionally - and quite normal for regular issues of Chizu - is a folded map in the rear pocket, this currently being ‘Chikei kaiseki-zu (Chugoku, Shikoku chihō)’ credited to ‘GISMAP ®’, 1:500 000, 2 maps each 76 x 57 cm, on sheet 84 x 119 cm. The relevant article (but no summ. In E) is ‘Chikei kaiseki-zu (Chugoku, Shikoku chihō) ni tsuite’ [= About the topographical analysis maps of the Chugoku and Shikoku districts] by Keiichi KATSUBE, Michio SHIRASAWA, & Hiroto AOKI on pp.73-75 (ill.).
Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps – including many modern ones from Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, both hard copy and CD-ROM)
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