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Mapping in a digital world / 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:
  • 9780778732235
  • 0778732231
  • 9780778732419
  • 077873241X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Gathering data -- Mapping changes -- Virtual maps -- GIS systems -- Google Earth -- Maps in your world.
Summary: "In this amazing title, readers will explore the possibilities new developments in technology are opening up for making maps. Mapmakers are using satellite data to map the locations of people and objects on Earth, making video maps using the Internet to show wind and weather systems, and creating specialized maps that show human behavior. Computer game technology, such as Minecraft, is even being used to map real places."-- 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 526.0285 B784 Available 33111008788677
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this amazing title, readers will explore the possibilities new developments in technology are opening up for making maps. Mapmakers are using satellite data to map the locations of people and objects on Earth, making video maps using the Internet to show wind and weather systems, and creating specialized maps that show human behavior. Computer game technology, such as Minecraft, is even being used to map real places.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Guided reading: W.

"In this amazing title, readers will explore the possibilities new developments in technology are opening up for making maps. Mapmakers are using satellite data to map the locations of people and objects on Earth, making video maps using the Internet to show wind and weather systems, and creating specialized maps that show human behavior. Computer game technology, such as Minecraft, is even being used to map real places."-- Provided by publisher.

Gathering data -- Mapping changes -- Virtual maps -- GIS systems -- Google Earth -- Maps in your world.

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