Download or read book Map Mania written by Michael Anthony DiSpezio and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning geography will always be fun with the special tricks you'll learn here. Starting from familiar territory (home, backyard, schoolyard) and moving outwards, this amusing, delightfully illustrated introduction to maps and more teaches street smarts to kids. Filled to the brim with fun games, cool activities, humorous quizzes, and wacky facts, every page turns basic geography into an adventure. Build a model of an early compass to understand navigation--then head out to test your skills. Use the sun, moon, and the stars to get your bearings. Look at a map similar to the one Columbus might have used when he set out to prove the world was round. Hit the road with "a key to the highway" that provides information on tolls, the number of lanes, and other details. Figure out which route goes where. All in all, you'll have a delightful trip--and end up just where you want to be!
Download or read book Maps Maps Maps written by Kelly Boswell and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduces types of maps and how they are used"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Ways to Find Your Way written by Kay Jackson and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2008 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes different types of maps and how they can be used to find your way"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Map Catalog written by Joel Makower and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1992 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique sourcebook for map lovers is newly revised in a third edition that includes more maps than ever before. In addition to a profusion of road maps, aerial maps, geological maps, historical maps, weather maps, nautical maps, military maps, census maps, and astronomical maps, this third revised edition contains: -- the most current maps of Russia and Eastern Europe; -- a new section on the age of exploration; -- the most up-to-date information about map software; -- a completely new section on how to have a professional map made; -- the latest information about the new generation of maps based on the 1990 census. Whether you want maps of airports or zip codes, highways, hurricanes, or hidden treasure, The Map Catalog is the book for you.
Download or read book The Shape of Texas written by Richard V. Francaviglia and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas-shaped ashtrays, belt buckles, earrings, kitchen utensils--"Texas kitsch"--fill gift shops alongside highways and in airports. The Lone Star State's unmistakable shape is appropriated by advertisers to hawk everything from beans to automobiles inside Texas' borders and beyond. As a billboard-sized neon sign glowing atop a popular honkey-tonk, the Texas map illuminates the Fort Worth night sky, attracting tourists in search of a good time--and a share of the Texas experience. Over the years America's most recognizable state outline has become one of its most potent symbols, a metaphor for Texas popular culture. In the last decade, the private, commercial, and official use of the Texas map as cultural symbol has boomed. Richard V. Francaviglia identifies this current trend as "Tex-map mania," and contends that the Texas map as icon integrates geography with history--and gives shape to a mythic landscape and to abstracted notions of what Texas is and who Texans are. Written in a lively style that engages both the scholar and the general reader in a discussion of the power of symbol and the meaning and significance of a shared aesthetic, The Shape of Texas is at the crossroads of cartography and popular culture. Francaviglia uses more than one hundred illustrations in offering a provocative visual and written account of this important, yet much neglected, aspect of Texas history and the dynamics of a still emerging Texas identity.
Download or read book Up North and Down South written by Doreen Gonzales and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Left. Right. East. West. Which way should you go? With a map, a compass, and the skills to use them, you'll never get lost again!
Download or read book Google Maps written by Evangelos Petroutsos and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create custom applications with the Google Maps API Featuring step-by-step examples, this practical resource gets you started programming the Google Maps API with JavaScript in no time. Learn how to embed maps on web pages, annotate the embedded maps with your data, generate KML files to store and reuse your map data, and enable client applications to request spatial data through web services. Google Maps: Power Tools for Maximizing the API explains techniques for visualizing masses of data and animating multiple items on the map. You’ll also find out how to embed Google maps in desktop applications to combine the richness of the Windows interface with the unique features of the API. You can use the numerous samples included throughout this hands-on guide as your starting point for building customized applications. Create map-enabled web pages with a custom look Learn the JavaScript skills required to exploit the Google Maps API Create highly interactive interfaces for mapping applications Embed maps in desktop applications written in .NET Annotate maps with labels, markers, and shapes Understand geodesic paths and shapes and perform geodesic calculations Store geographical data in KML format Add GIS features to mapping applications Store large sets of geography data in databases and perform advanced spatial queries Use web services to request spatial data from within your script on demand Automate the generation of standalone web pages with annotated maps Use the Geocoding and Directions APIs Visualize large data sets using symbols and heatmaps Animate items on a map Bonus online content includes: A tutorial on The SQL Spatial application A bonus chapter on animating multiple airplanes Three appendices: debugging scripts in the browser; scalable vector graphics; and applying custom styles
Download or read book Map Collection of the Public Reference Library of the City of Toronto Canada written by Toronto Public Libraries and published by Public library. This book was released on 1923 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1 000 Super Fun Mind Bending Totally Awesome Trivia Questions written by National Geographic Kids and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents one thousand trivia questions and answers on various subjects, from geography and nature to popular culture and history, as well as map, photographic, and game show quizzes.
Download or read book Are We There Yet written by Doreen Gonzales and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2008 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes what map scales are and how to use them to compare map distances to real distances"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Clearinghouse Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Handbook to Various Publications Documents and Charts Connected with the Rise and Development of the Railway System Chiefly in Great Britain and Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Power of Projections written by Arthur Jay Klinghoffer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is Europe at the top half of maps and Africa at the bottom? Although we are accustomed to that convention, it is, in fact, a politically motivated, almost entirely subjective way of depicting a ball spinning in space. As The Power of Projections teaches us, maps do not portray reality, only interpretations of it. To begin with, they are two-dimensional projections of a three-dimensional, spherical Earth. Add to that the fact that every map is made for a purpose and its design tends to reflect that purpose. Finally, a map is often a psychological projection of the historical, political, and cultural values of the cartographer—or of the nation, person or organization for which the map was created. In this fascinating book, Klinghoffer examines the world perceptions of various civilizations and the ways in which maps have been formulated to serve the agendas of cartographers and their patrons. He analyzes the recent decline of sovereignty, the spread of globalization, the reassertion of ethnic identity, and how these trends affect contemporary mapmaking.
Download or read book The Lost Treasure of Larry Longfoot written by Cari Meister and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Cal has a map to find the lost treasure of Larry Longfoot. But there's a problem--Cal can't read maps. Luckily, Heidi Hey is willing to join Cal on his big adventiure to Boot Island. From the compass rose to legends and keys, join Cal and Heidi as they learn all about maps.
Download or read book Time Out Tokyo written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2010 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to Tokyo covers accommodation, food and drink, the sights, museums, art galleries and architecture, and the entertainments available. Information is given on opening times, admission prices and transport.
Download or read book National Geographic Kids Quiz Whiz 4 written by National Geographic Kids and published by Quiz Whiz. This book was released on 2014 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents one thousand trivia questions and answers on various subjects, from biology and technology to mathematics, history, and popular culture, including innovative map, photographic, and game show quizzes.
Download or read book If Maps Could Talk written by Erika L. Shores and published by First Facts. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black dots. Blue, curvy lines. What do those strange drawings mean? With a key and the skills to read it, you'll unlock the language of maps.
