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Letter to the Editor
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2008-04-17)
Letter to the editor regarding David Bosse's article, "Institutional Map and Atlas Collecting in Eighteenth-Century America," (Coordinates, Series B; 9).
Institutional Map and Atlas Collecting in Eighteenth-Century America
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2008-04-17)
Many colonists brought books, atlases, and maps to America; some assembled personal libraries that would ultimately benefit public institutions. The establishment of academic and subscription libraries initiated institutional ...
The History of Cartography in a Nutshell
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2008-06-03)
his is a very short history of cartography. Notes and links to images are included at the end.
An Analysis of Toponymic Homonyms in Gazetteers: Country-Level Duplicate Names in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Geographic Names Data Base
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2008-08-20)
Place names are the most common way we identify geographic features. When place names are unambiguous, they can georeference features, locating them uniquely on the globe. The problem with place names is that they are often ...
Letter to the Editor
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2008-05-07)
Letter to the editor regarding Jorge A. Gonzalez’ article "Problems That Arise When Providing Geographic Coordinate Information for Cataloged Maps” (Coordinates Series B, No. 8).