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Mapping the future / James Bow.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mapping in the modern worldPublisher: New York, NY : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2017Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780778732389
  • 077873238X
  • 9780778732440
  • 0778732444
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Personalizing maps -- Future of the environment -- Future of travel -- Future of planning -- The future of maps -- Maps in your world.
Summary: "Readers will learn how using modern mapping technologies can help us plan for the future. This includes being able to see what the effect human activity will have on the environment, where major settlements will be in the future, and how we can improve personal transportation and travel. Readers will also be introduced to the various challenges mapmakers still face today, including mapping the seabed and the far reaches of the universe."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 526 B784 Available 33111008788784
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Readers will learn how using modern mapping technologies can help us plan for the future. This includes being able to see what the effect human activity will have on the environment, where major settlements will be in the future, and how we can improve personal transportation and travel. Readers will also be introduced to the various challenges mapmakers still face today, including mapping the seabed and the far reaches of the universe.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Guided reading: Y.

"Readers will learn how using modern mapping technologies can help us plan for the future. This includes being able to see what the effect human activity will have on the environment, where major settlements will be in the future, and how we can improve personal transportation and travel. Readers will also be introduced to the various challenges mapmakers still face today, including mapping the seabed and the far reaches of the universe."-- Provided by publisher.

Personalizing maps -- Future of the environment -- Future of travel -- Future of planning -- The future of maps -- Maps in your world.

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