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1
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600 BC Babylonian WorldMap

Whats unique about it?

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Oldest Map - Persians and Egyptians missing despite they knew they existed.

2
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Early Assumption in Cartography?

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Earth was flat, believed by early greeks.

3
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Emergence of Theory of Round World

Which Greek Scientists?

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  • Aristotle - ships on horizon
  • Erathostenes - calculated circumference
  • Ptolemys Geographica - started projections
4
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During Roman Era, what did maps focus on?

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Maps focused on administration/conquest and focused more on surveying than cartography.

5
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What followed the Roman Collapse?

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Dark Ages - science was taken control of by the church. All science was made to fit doctrine.

6
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Idrisi World Map
When was it created?
What made it unique?

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Created in 12th Century

  • South at top
  • Showed climate zones
7
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12th Century T in 0 Maps

What are they?

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Maps that were really a graphic rather than a map, usually representing religious information on Christ (doctrine)

8
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Ebstorf Mappa Mundi

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  • world circular frame
  • dominated by heads, hands, feet of Christ
  • design at center depicts resurrection in Jerusalem
9
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China in 5th Century

China in 11th Century

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5th Century - China started gathering inventories of their territories (soil inventories, growth potential, water ways, transport ways)
11th Century - has well developed topographic series with grid.

10
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Importance of Chinese Figure “Pei Hsiu”

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Defined mapping principles based on scale and a grid

11
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Map of China and Track of YU (1137)

What’s its importance?

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  • has grid with scale of 100 Li (Chinese mile)
  • shows rivers and cities
  • created 100s of years before Europeans
12
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When does the East meet West in terms of information exchange?

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Start of 13th Century

13
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In Western World when does it break dominance of the church over science and what does that lead too?

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13th Century - Leads to the emergence of charts - Portolan Charts with navigational compass, colour coded.

14
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Age of Discovery (start of colonialism)

- where is the main focus in general?

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  • focus on knowledge and understanding

- growth in exploration, and discovery accompanied by a number of dramatic developments

15
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When did the first major Cartography revolution occur and why?

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Around 15th Century (1450) - creation of Printing Techniques and Engraving

16
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Major events from 15th Century

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Graticule and Map Projections

  • Age of Splendid Mapping
  • emergence of great Atlases
17
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When was Mercator Atlas established?

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16th Centrury

18
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When was Atlas major and Grand Atlas established?

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17 Century, Atlas Major (1664 - 1662) Grand Atlas (1662)

19
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When was the first shape of earth measured? and by what country?

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French initiate metric measure in 18th Century

20
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When was the rise in Thematic Mapping?

What caused its rise?

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Latter part in 19th Century
Followed the increase in focus on sub-disciplinary studies (social sciences).
- they required thematic maps to communicate findings.

21
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Modern Cartography - 19th century

What big revolution occurred?

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Photo-chemical revolution

- revolutionized data capture and advances in production, reproduction and printing.

22
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Modern Cartography - 20th Century

What big revolution occurred?

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Electronic Revolution
- Aerial photography, remote sensing, GIS, GPS
all had major effect on Cartography

23
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Explain the contemporary Paradigm Shift

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From representation to Visualization

Going from looking at a map as an end product to viewing the map as a stage in process.