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General Index Index Italicized page numbers (42) indicate fi gures and tables. Bold page numbers (42–43) indicate an encyclopedia entry about the topic. A Cartographic Expert System (ACES), 505 International Cartographic Association Global Positioning System and, 13, 14, 469 A-Z maps (United Kingdom), 1054 and, 10, 667, 670 Harley on, 577 A&G Repsold (company), 455 on Internet, 1754 in in-vehicle navigation systems, AA (Automobile Association) (United King- journals and, 49 1719–20, 1720 dom), 24, 119–20, 284 Keates’ role in, 342, 727 military development and applications AA Directory of Town Plans of Britain, 119 Maling’s role in, 798 and, 1454, 1699 AA Motorists’ Atlas of Great Britain, 119 North America overview, 1–5, 5, 340 projections and, 34, 241, 243, 1188 AA Road Atlas of the British Isles, 119, 120 regional atlases and, 101 satellite geodesy, 14, 456, 457, 459 AA Road Book of England and Wales, The, Robinson’s role in, 2, 3, 7, 8, 340, 341, satellite imaging, 1283 119 342, 346, 1366 scale and, 13–14, 1386 AAG. See Association of American Russian Empire, 981–82 social theory and, 1402 Geographers Russian Federation, 1378–79 standards for, 13–14, 204, 1386, Aangeenbrug, Robert T. (1935–2003), 3 Soviet Union, 7–8, 10, 340–41, 982–85, 1453–55, 1642, 1699 Abbatt, William, 744 1640 Wiki technology and, 1753 Abbe, Cleveland (1838–1916), 872 subject testing in, 1063–64, 1070–74 ACES (A Cartographic Expert System), 505 Abe, Koˉboˉ (1924–1993), 784 tactile maps and, 1480–81 ACGs (address coding guides), 209–10, 449, Aberley, Doug, 1094 thematic mapping and, 1, 341, 1505, 449, 450 Abhandlungen (ARL), 41 1507 Acheson, Gillian, entry by, 347–49 Ablauf, 61 web-based wayfi nding and, 1740–41 ACIC (Aeronautical Chart and Information Abler, Ronald F. (b. 1939), 105, 994 women in cartography and, 1759–60 Center) (USAF-ACIC) (United States), entry by, 677–79 ACC (Association Canadienne de Cartogra- 26, 27, 890, 1765, 1766 ABMs (agent-based models), 497 phie), 1406–7 Ackermann, Friedrich E. (Fritz) (b. 1929), Abrams, Talbert (1895–1990), 1298 Accademic dei Lincei, 42 1109, 1111, 1130 Absalom, Absalom! (Faulkner), 783 Accessibility ACM (Association for Computing Machin- Abteiling Landestopographie (Switzerland), for color vision impairment, 265, 293, ery) (United States), 1407 179 1057, 1058 ACM SIGGRAPH, 387 Abteilung für Landeskunde (Germany), 17 customization and, 293 Acoustic depth measurement, 843, 1024. See Abu-Sitta, Salman, 1008, 1009 tactile maps, 1480–83, 1481, 1482, also Sonar ACA (American Cartographic Association), 1722–26, 1723, 1724 Across Canada . West Bound (Canadian 49, 1406, 1760 wheelchair access maps, 1742–43, 1742 Pacifi c Railway), 1621, 1623 Academic cartography, 1–13, 340–43. See Accuracy, 13–16. See also Misrepresentation ACSM. See American Congress on Surveying also specifi c research subjects in maps; Uncertainty and Mapping aerial photography in, 1114, 1118–19 advertising and, 20–22 Active Control Networks, 469 Bertin’s role in, 6–7, 10, 342, 345 aerial photography and, 30–31, 64 Active incident management (AIM), 433 cadastral surveying and, 1212, 1221 in analytical cartography, 59 Activism. See Counter-mapping; Social color in maps and, 258–59 boundary disputes and, 140 activism Eckert’s role in, 6, 10, 338, 339, 340 in boundary surveying, 154 Adams, Cyrus C. (1849–1928), 1049 electronic cartography development campus maps, 1705 Adams, Harriet Chalmers (1875–1937), impacts, 128, 340, 342 in cartometry, 204 1417 ESRI and, 401 choropleth symbolization and, 222 Adams, John S. (b. 1938), 96, 105 Europe overview, 6–13, 340–41, 342 in climate maps, 228 Adams, Oscar S. (1874–1962), 271, 867, geographic information systems and, copyright traps and, 284 1193 4, 340, 341, 342, 488–91, 493, 494, cultural/social signifi cance of cartography Adams, Thomas (1871–1940), 752, 1159 994–95 and, 1003 Addams, Jane (1860–1935), 267, 268, 269 geography and, 2, 524, 525 customization and, 293 Addison, Joseph W., 1372 Goode’s role in, 1, 340, 568 data models and, 360, 364 Address coding guides (ACGs), 209–10, 449, gravimetric surveys and, 455–56 drawing media and, 13, 204 449, 450 history of cartography in, 342, 608, 610, in geocoding, 451, 451 ADEOS (Advance Earth Observing Satellite), 612, 613 in geodesy, 13, 240, 453 1280, 1286 1815 1816 Index ADGRAV (Antarctic Digital Gravity Synthe- Advertising, 18–22, 20, 1092, 1093. See also terrain analysis and, 1496–97 sis), 70 Place promotion textbooks, 1114 Adkins, Lesley (b. 1955), 329 color and, 258 for thematic mapping, 754, 1505 Adkins, Roy, 329 in cycling maps, 1253 for topographic mapping, 182, 646, 647, Adler, Ron, entry by, 163–68 map publishers, 1246–47 1536, 1541, 1553, 1563–64, 1580–81, ADMAP (Antarctic Digital Magnetic place promotion and, 19, 1632, 1634 1581, 1613 Anomaly Project), 70 railroad maps and, 19, 1240, 1243, Aerial Photography in Urban Planning and ADMATCH (software), 450 1621–22, 1623, 1626, 1729 Research (Branch), 1114 Administrativ-Statistischer Atlas vom Preus- road mapping and, 19, 617, 618, 1345, Aerial photography military development sischen Staate (1827/8), 96 1348–49 and applications Administrative cartography, 16–18. See also Aegerter, Leo (1875–1953), 44, 292 Austrian military mapping, 925 Census mapping; Taxation Aeppli, August (1859–1938), 1041 British military mapping, 897, 898, 899, aerial photography for, 1299 Aerial perspective, 1267, 1268 1118 boundary surveying and, 158 Aerial photogrammetry. See Photogrammet- Chinese military mapping, 942 cadastral mapping in, 16–17, 186, 186 ric mapping Cold War. See Cold War and aerial cadastral surveying for, 16, 188–89 Aerial photography. See also Aerial pho- photography cartometry for, 203 tography military development and French military mapping, 908, 972 colonial/imperial cartography and, 252, applications; Balloon observation; German military mapping, 916 255, 256 Cold War and aerial photography; images as maps and, 805 demographic mapping and, 312 Infrared photography; Photogram- Israeli military mapping, 930 electronic cartography development metric mapping; World War I and Italian military mapping, 922–23, 922 impacts, 16, 270 aerial photography Japanese military mapping, 949 emergency planning, 389–93 in academic cartography, 1114, 1118–19 military mapping of Australia, 975, 975 ESRI services, 398 Antarctica, 64, 66, 66, 68 military mapping of North Africa, 952, Experimental Cartography Unit and, 418 Arctic, 74–76, 625–26 953 facilities maps, 424–25 art and, 83 military mapping of the Middle East, 970 forestry and, 17, 433–34 boundary disputes and, 140, 141 World War I. See World War I and aerial geographic information systems and, 16, for boundary surveying, 156, 169 photography 493–94, 1488 for cadastral surveying, 184, 1216, 1218, World War II. See World War II and aerial geographic names and, 521 1299 photography map libraries and, 768 cartometry and, 203 Aerial Survey Database (ASDB) (Canada), Lawrence Martin on, 864 for coastal mapping, 236, 237 1553 metadata and, 510–11 for colonial/imperial cartography, Aerial triangulation, 1110–11, 1110, national atlases and, 18, 96 252–53, 255, 322 1129–30, 1140. Nazi Germany, 17, 176–77 defi nitions of “map” and, 799, 1296–97 Aerial triangulation by independent models public access to cartographic information drawing media for, 330 (AIM), 324, 1109, 1111, 1111, 1130, and, 1227 earth-from-space perspective and, 566 1131, 1140 recreational maps and, 1253 emergency planning and, 390 Aéro-Club de France, 22 remote sensing for, 16, 1294–95 for environmental protection, 393, 395, Aerodist, 466 road mapping and, 1345, 1348, 1348, 1299 Aeronautical Chart and Information Center 1351, 1356, 1356, 1361 forestry and, 436 (ACIC) (USAF-ACIC) (United States), social theory and, 1401 geographical discovery and, 1390 26, 27, 890, 1765, 1766 soils maps and, 1447 for historical research, 598 Aeronautical charts, 22–30. See also World urban mapping and, 1650 Hotine on, 620 Aeronautical Chart John Kirtland Wright on, 1780 for hydrography, 625, 625–26, 626 commercial products, 24–26, 25, 26, 861 Admiralty Raster Chart Series (United King- image processing software and, 501 display hardware for, 28–29, 1699 dom), 839 images as maps and, 804–5 early, 22, 23 Adobe Illustrator (software), 262, 509, for land systems analysis, 750, 1119 as geographical mapping, 521 1434–35, 1435, 1436, 1509 land use maps and, 752 International Civil Aviation Organization Adobe Photoshop (software), 35 for landform maps, 1155 and, 274–75, 673–74, 675–76, 692 ADSID (Air-Delivered Seismic Intrusion in map libraries, 770 International Map of the World and, 692 Detector), 891 for marine charting, 833–34, 854 jet age, 27–28 Advance Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS), overview, 367 map design and, 1063 1280, 1286 pen-and-ink drafting and, 332 mass marketing and, 861 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer perspective maps and, 1020 military development and applications, (AMSR), 1280 photointerpretation, 750, 1113–20, 1115, 22–23, 23, 24, 26–27, 886, 888, 917, Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission 1122 920, 1189 and Refl ection Radiometer (ASTER), as precursor to remote sensing, 1296–99 military mapping and, 902, 943, 969 1280, 1286 public access to cartographic information NATO and, 894 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer and, 1227 projections for, 24, 871, 1189–90, 1764 (AVHRR), 71, 320, 991, 992, 1274, relief depictions and, 1262, 1264, 1265, Rand McNally & Company, 24, 1245 1276, 1283, 1286, 1544 1271, 1299 as route maps, 1368, 1369, 1370 “Adventure of the Priory School, The” satellite imaging and, 754 standards for, 274–75 (Doyle), 784 scale and, 1386 symbolization in, 26, 26, 27 Index 1817 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 23–24, geographical mapping and, 522 Albuquerque, Luís de (1917–1992), 25 perspective maps and, 33–34, 241–42, 285–86 World War I and, 22–23, 23, 24, 1698–99 1022, 1179, 1180 Aldus FreeHand (software), 262, 509, World War II and, 22, 26–27, 886, 888, political persuasive cartography and, 1435, 1436, 1509 917, 920, 969, 1189, 1699, 1775–76 542–43, 546 Alexander, Gerard L., 113 AFREF (African Geodetic Reference Frame), projections and, 33, 34, 243, 415, 580, Alexander Atlas, 108 474–75 1179 Alexander Schulatlas, 724 Africa.
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