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7. What are the three components of color?
The three components of color are hue, value, and saturation.
8. What is the most common type of projection used in surveying?
The most common type of projection used in surveying is conformal, which
preserves angles.
9. What projection properties does a Mercator projection preserve?
A Mercator projection preserves direction.
10. What is the difference between large and small scale?
Small scale shows large areas, large scale shows small areas.
Chapter Readings
Bertin, J. (1983). Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps. Madison: University
of Wisconsin Press.
Chrisman, N. R. (1999). What Does “GIS” Mean? Transactions in GIS , 3 (2), 175-186.
Clarke, K. C. (1995). Analytical and Computer Cartography . Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
Cotter, C. H. (1966). The Astronomical and Mathematical Foundations of Geography . New
York: Elsevier.
Dent, B. D. (1993). Cartography: Thematic Map Design . Dubuque, IA: Brown.
MacEachren, A. M. (1994). Some Truth with Maps: A Primer on Symbolization and
Design . Washington, DC: American Association of Geographers.
MacEachren, A. M. (1995). How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization, Design . New
York: Guilford Press.
Morrison, J. L. (1994). Cartography and Organization. ACSM Bulletin , 148 , 38-45.
Pickles, J. (2004). A History of Spaces: Cartographic Reason, Mapping, and the Geo-Coded
World . New York: Routledge.
Robinson, A. H., & J. P. Snyder (Eds.). (1991). Matching the Map Projection to the Need .
Bethesda, MD: American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.
Suchan, T., & C. A. Brewer. (2000). Qualitative Methods for Research on Mapmaking
and Map Use. Professional Geography , 52 (1), 145-154.
Wieczorek, J., Guo, Q., & Hijmans, R. J. (2004). The Point-Radius Method for
Georeferencing Locality Descriptions and Calculating Associated Uncertainty.
International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 18 (8), 745-767.
Web Resources
A general overview of projections can be found at http://geography.about.com/library/
weekly/aa031599.htm
For some helpful information about map projection distortion, see www.progonos.
com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/CartProp/Distort/distort.html
For a very comprehensive set of graphics showing a great number of projections, see
www.ilstu.edu/microcam/map_projections/
For more information on perhaps the most seminal work on projections, John