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  • Optimizing map projection selection for world maps and web maps

    Creator:
    Šavrič, Bojan
    Abstract:
    The selection process for map projections is a mystery to many mapmakers and GIS users. Map projections ought to be selected based on the map’s geographic extent and the required distortion properties, with the goal of minimizing the distortion of the mapped area. Despite some available selection guidelines, the selection...
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    Dissertation
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            The   selection   process   for  map   projections   is   a  mystery   to  many

  • If you build it, will they come? Evolution towards the application of multi-dimensional GIS to fisheries-oceanography

    Creator:
    Vance, Tiffany C.
    Abstract:
    The development of new technologies in science is a balance between existence and use. There are three versions of this duality – something is built and users come, something is built and users don’t come, and, finally, potential users show up but the ballpark has not yet been built. In...
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    Dissertation
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    : _________________________________________________________________ Dawn J. Wright The development of new technologies in science is a balance between