After the map : cartography, navigation, and the transformation of territory in the twentieth century /: cartography, navigation, and the transformation of territory in the twentieth century. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William Rankin.
• Authors: Rankin, William, 1978-
• Contents: Possibly Ambiguous Terms Introduction Territory and the Mapping Sciences Part I The International Map of the World and the Logic of Representation Chapter 1 The Authority of Representation A Single Map for All Countries, 1891–1939 Chapter 2 Maps as Tools Globalism, Regionalism, and the Erosion of Universal Cartography, 1940–1965 Part II: Cartographic Grids and New Territories of Calculation Chapter 3 Aiming Guns, Recording Land, and Stitching Map to Territory The Invention of Cartographic Grid Systems, 1914–1939 Chapter 4 Territoriality without Borders Global Grids and the Universal Transverse Mercator, 1940–1965 Part III: Electronic Navigation and Territorial Pointillism Chapter 5 Inhabiting the Grid Radionavigation and Electronic Coordinates, 1920–1965 Chapter 6 The Politics of Global Coverage The Navy, NASA, and GPS, 1960–2010 Conclusion The Politics in My Pocket Acknowledgments Acronyms and Codenames Notes Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 526.0904; Cartography -- History -- 20th century; Cartography -- Automation; Maps -- Political aspects; Cartography -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226339535
• Related ISBNs: 9780226339368
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 15, 2016).
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