---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 98 09:39:42 -0800 From: Larry Cruse <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: MM: Mapping on truly small and large scales (fwd) The October 1998 Sky and Telescope magazine has an article (page 82; unfortunately not available on-line) about Wil Tirion, "the world's first full-time uranographer" or sky mapper. I mention it here because the article points out that Tirion's primary tools today are Adobe Illustrator and a Power Mac. His "Sky Atlas 2000.0" is probably the atlas most widely used by amateur astronomers and not a few professionals. This must be the smallest-scale niche in cartography. What is the largest? Can cartographic or GIS tools and methods be used on the other end of the scale spectrum? Mapping bacterial growth in a culture would be pretty large scale, but how about mapping in truly microscopic realms? David Fann To unsubscribe, send to [log in to unmask] with "unsubscribe Map-Mac <email address>" in the body of the message.