TY - CHAP
T1 - 0°
T2 - A sprimer on geographic representation
AU - Bishop, Wade
AU - Grubesic, Anthony
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The purpose of this chapter is to provide a technically accessible overview of geographic representation, geodesy, projections, and georeferencing. All four of these domains function as key building blocks for better understanding the important details associated with calculating distance, direction, and elevation, as well as locating features on the earth’s surface and transforming these features into positions on a flat map (or screen) through the use of projections. More importantly, as digital representations of the earth’s surface continue to grow in popularity and use, it is also important to provide a primer on how these data are conceptualized and handled in an electronic environment.
AB - The purpose of this chapter is to provide a technically accessible overview of geographic representation, geodesy, projections, and georeferencing. All four of these domains function as key building blocks for better understanding the important details associated with calculating distance, direction, and elevation, as well as locating features on the earth’s surface and transforming these features into positions on a flat map (or screen) through the use of projections. More importantly, as digital representations of the earth’s surface continue to grow in popularity and use, it is also important to provide a primer on how these data are conceptualized and handled in an electronic environment.
KW - Geographic information system
KW - Geographic representation
KW - North pole
KW - Universal transverse mercator
KW - Zone improvement plan code
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-22789-4_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-22789-4_3
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85059104967
T3 - Springer Geography
SP - 27
EP - 52
BT - Springer Geography
PB - Springer
ER -