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Gerardus Mercator
Gerardus Mercator , Latin form of Gerhard Kremer , 1512-94, Flemish geographer, mathematician, and cartographer. He studied in Louvain , where he had a geographical establishment (1534). From 1537 to 1540 he surveyed and mapped Flanders . In 1538 he produced his first map of the world (based on... Read more
map projection
map projection transfer of the features of the surface of the earth or another spherical body onto a flat sheet of paper. Only a globe can represent accurately the shape, orientation, and relative area of the earth's surface features; any projection produces distortion with regard to some of these ... Read more
astrolabe
astrolabe , instrument probably used originally for measuring the altitudes of heavenly bodies and for determining their positions and movements. Although its origin is ancient and obscure, its invention is frequently ascribed either to Hipparchus or to Apollonius of Perga. For many centuries it was... Read more
Giovanni da Verrazano
Giovanni da Verrazano , c.1480-1527?, Italian navigator and explorer, in the service of France, possibly the first European to enter New York Bay. Sailing west to reach Asia, Verrazano explored (1524) the North American coast probably from North Carolina to Maine. In 1526, or later, sailing from Fra... Read more
scale
scale in cartography, the ratio of the distance between two points on a map to the real distance between the two corresponding points portrayed. The scale may be expressed in three ways: numerically, as a ratio or a fraction, e.g., 1:100,000 or 1/100,000 ; verbally, e.g., "one inch to one mile... Read more
Adriaen Block
Adriaen Block fl. 1610-24, Dutch navigator. Eager to establish a fur trade with the Native Americans, Amsterdam merchants sent (1613) Block and another Dutch navigator to explore the region discovered by Henry Hudson. After wintering near Albany, Block sailed from the Hudson into Long Island Sound ... Read more
George William Blunt
George William Blunt 1802-78, American hydrographer; son of Edmund March Blunt, a pioneer publisher of nautical books and charts in Newburyport, Mass. He established (1821) himself in a similar business in New York and published the numerous editions of Bowditch's Navigator, Blunt's Coast Pilot, ... Read more
contour
contour or contour line, line on a topographic map connecting points of equal elevation above or below mean sea level. It is thus a kind of isopleth, or line of equal quantity. Contour lines are drawn on maps with a uniform interval of vertical distance separating them (usually 10, 20, 50, or 1... Read more
chart
chart term referring to maps prepared for marine navigation and for air navigation. All charts show, in some convenient scale , geographic features useful to the navigator, as well as indications of direction, e.g., true north (the direction of the geographic North Pole), magnetic north (the dir... Read more
map
map conventionalized representation of spatial phenomena on a plane surface. Unlike photographs, maps are selective and may be prepared to show various quantitative and qualitative facts, including boundaries, physical features, patterns, and distribution. Each point on such a map corresponds to a ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Navigation map"

Bathymetric Maps
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...maps are critical to submarine navigation, submarine evasion tactics...in constructing bathymetric maps, and has been used for a long...The creation of a bathymetric map of a given region depends above...When constructing topographic maps of land, one can always measure...constructing a ...
Louis Jolliet
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Michilimackinac completing his log and maps. He set out in the spring for Quebec...capsized when nearly home, and the precious map and logbook were lost (a duplicate set...hydrographer and produced many excellent navigation maps of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf...
electronic navigation systems
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...cloud, or at night, accurate navigation was considerably more difficult...Hence the need for electronic navigation aids to assist crews to find...care than extremely accurate navigation, so anything that assists...three cross-beams (see Map 29). Used in conjunction...
Cartography
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...They drew detailed maps on papyrus for use in...and longitude, and map projections. The maps of Ptolemy, a Greek...allowed them to produce maps and navigation charts of ever-increasing...Mapmaking No single map can accurately show...
Beryl Markham
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...written test on the theory and practice of air law and navigation. Markham became the first Kenyan-trained pilot...unpopulated territory, solo, with only a compass and maps for navigation. She was contracted to deliver mail and supplies...
chart
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea chart, a map primarily intended for navigation , one of the earliest being the...plotting fixes from hyperbolic navigation fixing aids. The nautical chart...lighthouses , and other visual aids to navigation. Charts are kept up to date...
Desert Warfare
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...demanding on troops and equipment. Additionally, deserts frequently lack readily identifiable landmarks, making map reading and navigation very difficult. Though visibility tends to be excellent at extreme ranges, cover and concealment are minimal...
Coventry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...first time, their Pathfinder Force , KG100, and the X-Gerät beam system (see Map 29) for finding their target (see electronic navigation systems ). ULTRA intelligence and prisoner-of-war information forewarned the British of...
Surveying
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...patrons of the utility of scale maps, this cognitive shift led...Carefully measured and drawn maps (as opposed to earlier sketch maps) began to be used by landowners...symptomatic of the developing map culture, driven in part by...Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying. Oxford, ...
chartmaking
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...of the Ptolemy world map and were trying to fit...wide publication of such maps. Renaissance Chartmaking...attempts to create a map of the world. For though...portulan charts so that the map is oriented to the north...greater understanding of navigation they had achieved because...them, led ...

Dictionary entries related to "Navigation map"

Liesganig, Joseph Xaver
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...In connection with this project Liesganig wrote a manual on map-making methods, preserved in manuscript in the Vienna war...as well as provincial director of military engineering and navigation. Liesganig made six circular maps from his data of the Lemberg area, although these lacked...
Maps and the Ideas they Express
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...the basic importance of maps to humankind from early...symbolization and other essential map features. Other examples...number of such early maps have survived. A much...x2014; from oceanic navigation to ceremonial uses...purposes. Similarly, the maps of literate peoples in...c.e.; a ...
Lavanha, Joāo Baptista
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...for the technical aspects of navigation, he maintained in Lisbon a...pilots. He also inspected the maps and instruments used in navigation prepared in the cartography...the tracing of topographical maps, the most important of which is the map of the kingdom of Aragon...
chart
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x220E;  a geographical map or plan, esp. one used for navigation by sea or air. ∎...chart or natal chart ) Astrol. a map, typically circular, showing...x2022; v. 1. [ tr. ] make a map of (an area). ∎...
Godfrey, Thomas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Gazette and the Pennsylvania Journal . In 1740 he advertised instruction in navigation, astronomy, and mathematics. To fix the longitude of Philadelphia on his 1755 General Map of the Middle British Colonies , Lewis Evans used astronomical observations...
Dudley, Robert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Italy, 6 September 1649) navigation . Dudley was the son of Robert...He had become interested in navigation while at Oxford, and the...on the pressing problems of navigation, including the determination...nautical almanacs; and a set of maps of the entire world. It is...
Mauro, Fra
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...of the great medieval world maps, was a monk of the Camaldolese...s, and a statement on the map reads: “ I have copies of maps made by the Portuguese. ” The world map now in the Biblioteca Nazionale...variety of sources: medieval navigation charts of European origin...
Norwood, Richard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...aroused his interest in learning navigation and seeing the world. Eventually...and in the same year his map of Bermuda was published by...of books on mathematics and navigation, which went through many...He emphasized great circle navigation by giving the formulas involved...
Cortés De Albacar, Martín
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...universal principles of the art of navigation; the second (twenty chapters...instruments and the rules art of navigation. In his work, Cort é...particularly concerned with practical navigation; a technological section...cities. ” He rejects maps with rectangularly drawn parallels...
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...however, were astronomy and navigation, so in 1595 – 1596...established himself as a merchant of maps and globes, in the making...Arctic Ocean, and interest in navigation and cartography grew by leaps...he published his first world map, Nova universi terrarum orbis...where he also began to ...

Thesaurus entries related to "Navigation map"

navigation
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English navigation • noun   1. the navigation of the craft synonyms : steering, pilotage, maneuvering, guidance, directing, handling, driving.   2. study navigation synonyms : sailing, seamanship, pilotage, helmsmanship, chart-reading, map-reading.

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Navigation Maps: Hidden Treasure?; Nokia's Navteq acquisition bid shows that map makers have plotted a course to the center of the navigation universe.
M2 Presswire; 10/17/2007; 700+ words ; ...2007-iSuppli Corp: Navigation Maps: Hidden Treasure...acquisition bid shows that map makers have plotted...to the center of the navigation universe(C)1994...are many sellers of navigation products, there are...independent providers of the map IP that is the sine...
NAVTEQ Reminds Drivers to Update Their GPS Navigation Maps.
PR Newswire; 6/11/2008; 700+ words ; ...NAVTEQ, the most widely used map for navigation*, builds the digital maps that power most in-vehicle navigation systems, as well as leading...NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services...
Navigation Technologies Broadens Coverage of Traffic Enabled Digital Maps.
PR Newswire; 1/6/2001; 700+ words ; ...vehicle navigation maps that synchronize with...of 2001, announced Navigation Technologies Corp...provider of digital map information for road-based navigation systems. With traffic-enabled NAVTECH(R) maps, motorists can see...are located on their navigation systems. They ...
Navigation maps entering a new dimension; Tele Atlas, partnering with Increment P Corporation (iPC); iPC Corporation, is the first global mapping company offering City Maps in a navigable database for both Europe and US.
M2 Presswire; 3/31/2004; 700+ words ; ...adds an extra dimension to navigation maps by introducing highly detailed and appealing City Maps, that combine the 'beauty' of a map with the functionality of routing and navigation to offer a better reflection of the real world. Enhanced maps on mobile devices and on ...
Tele Atlas pioneers navigation maps for Russia; Co-operation with Roskartographia enables Tele Atlas to take a major step into one of Europe`s most important countries.
M2 Presswire; 3/10/2005; 700+ words ; ...provider of digital map data and location...able to provide navigation maps for driving in Russia...standards. Having these maps available opens...Russian and other navigation system vendors to...happens we can put our map information conveniently...provider of digital maps ...
Tele Atlas Pioneers Navigation Maps for Russia; Co-operation with Roskartographia Enables Tele Atlas to Take a Major Step into One of Europe's Most Important Countries.
Business Wire; 3/14/2005; 700+ words ; ...provider of digital map data and location...able to provide navigation maps for driving in Russia...standards. Having these maps available opens...Russian and other navigation system vendors to...happens we can put our map information conveniently...provider of digital maps ...
ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION MAP COVERS CHINA'S 142 CITIES
News Wire article from: AsiaInfo Services; 7/15/2005; 352 words ; ...electronic navigation map of 142 cities in China.Within two years, such navigation maps will cover 300 cities...civil urban electronic navigation maps since 2002.The vehicle electronic navigation map developed by this press...
Tele Atlas launches famous landmarks in world's first 3D navigation maps; Renowned buildings and monuments appear in rich detail as Tele Atlas rises above the flat plane map.
M2 Presswire; 12/5/2005; 700+ words ; ...in world's first 3D navigation maps; Renowned buildings...above the flat plane map(C)1994-2005 M2...stand clearly on the map image, giving users...feature in the first four maps are the Brandenburg...Barcelona. In non-navigation mode or in other applications...visualization and ...
Tele Atlas Rolls Out Navigation Maps for Russia
Newspaper article from: Wireless News; 3/20/2005; 386 words ; ...Tele Atlas Rolls Out Navigation Maps for Russia WIRELESS...Tele Atlas Rolls Out Navigation Maps for Russia (C)2005...provider of digital map data and location content...standards. Having these maps available opens the way for Russian and other navigation system vendors to ...
Taiwan & China: Garmin sells digital navigation maps of China.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 7/4/2008; 563 words ; ...based Garmin). The map data includes detailed maps for 628 main cities and...Hsu pointed out. The map data will be sold alone...system) PNDs (portable navigation devices), Hsu indicated. The map data is as most updated...bodies from producing maps about China, in November...