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Circular-Arc Cartograms

, 2012
We present a new circular-arc cartogram model in which countries are drawn as polygons with circular arcs instead of straight-line segments. Given a political map and values associated with each country in the map, a cartogram is a distorted map in which
Kobourov, Stephen G., Kämper, Jan-Hinrich, Nöllenburg, Martin   +2 more
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Stability in tapia woodlands amid non‐native expansion: Integrating traditional ecological knowledge and remote sensing to track 73 years of tree cover in Madagascar

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Afromontane ecosystems, characterised by mosaics of fire‐adapted grassy ecosystems and fire‐sensitive forests, are biodiversity hotspots facing escalating pressures from non‐native species, climate and land‐use change. Madagascar's Central Highlands is one such hotspot, hosting woodlands dominated by endemic Uapaca bojeri (tapia) which are ...
Elliot D. Convery‐Fisher, Adam J. M. Devenish, Sam Staddon, Christian A. Kull, F. Laura Rafanomezantsoa, Tianjanahary Randriamboavonjy, Caroline E. R. Lehmann   +6 more
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Topography of the Cemetery of the Majar Settlement based on Archival Materials of the XVIII–XIX Centuries and Archaeological Sources

Археология евразийских степей
The paper analyzes information on the topography of the cemetery of Majar city, contained in archival materials of the XVIII–XIX centuries and in the materials of archaeological excavations in 1907, 1909, 1989-1991 and 2020.
Vitali A. Babenko
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Cartographic sources as a base of knowledge about land use in selected areas in the north-western Poland

Polish Cartographical Review, 2022
The aim of the research was to analyse land use changes and to develop a coherent base on the basis of available cartographic source materials – archival and contemporary topographic maps and spatial databases. The presented research is a continuation of
Ławniczak Radzym, Kubiak Jarosław
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A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cartographie et éducation populaire

Terra Brasilis, 2012
This paper deals with the foundation of the Cartographic Museum of Geneva, open from 1907 to 1922 and based on the cartographic collection of Charles Perron and Élisée Reclus. We reconstruct this experience by the analysis of edited and unedited sources,
Federico Ferretti
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Historical Cartography - Cartographic Sources in Historical Sciences, Mirela Slukan Altić

Kartografija i Geoinformacije, 2005
Ivka Kljajić
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Mapping intangibilities in creative tourism territories through tangible objects: a methodological approach for developing creative tourism offers [PDF]

, 2019
What can people express about their places through the objects that they valorise and link to their territory? Can objects create narratives about a place's identity and collect significant cultural information that locate people in their places?
Cabeça, Sónia Moreira, Gonçalves, Alexandra, Marques, Joao Filipe, Tavares, Mirian   +3 more
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Harvesting of two alpine Artemisia: Effects of an amateur practice on wild plant dynamics

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Wild plants are consumed all over the world, and knowledge of the effects of harvesting is necessary to ensure the sustainability of this activity. Our 3‐year study of two closely related alpine Artemisia species in the Southern Alps revealed a positive impact of harvesting at the plant scale and on the short term.
Ninon Fontaine, Perrine Gauthier, Sophie Caillon, John D. Thompson, Isabelle Boulangeat   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Echoes of Portuguese Navigation in the Kitab-i Bahriye by Piri Reis

Abriu: Estudos de Textualidade do Brasil, Galicia e Portugal, 2013
The world map drawn by Piri Reis in 1513, of which only the Atlantic fragment kept in Istanbul is known, is justly famous. Its surprising modernity is fully explained by the use of Iberian sources, resulting from nearly a century of exploration of both ...
Rui Manuel Loureiro
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