TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rankin,William
TI  - After the map: cartography, navigation, and the transformation of territory in the twentieth century 
SN  - 9780226339368 (hbk.) :
AV  - GA102.3 .R36 2016
U1  - 526.09 RAN 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Cartography
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Automation
KW  - Maps
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Science
KW  - ukslc
N2  - For most of the twentieth century, maps were indispensable. They were how governments understood, managed and defended their territory, and during the two world wars they were produced by the hundreds of millions. By the century's end, however, there had been decisive shift in mapping practices, as the dominant methods of land surveying and print publication were increasingly displaced by electronic systems. In 'After the Map', William Rankin argues that although this shift did not render traditional maps obsolete, it did radically change our experience of geographic knowledge
ER  -