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Navigation applications and the mobile maps that are integral to them are now widely used all over the world. The most popular applications of this type, such as Google Maps, has more than a billion users a month.
Piątek Robert, Gołębiowska Izabela
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The Origin of the Term 'Atlas'
In this paper the origin of the term 'atlas', as a bound collection of maps, is considered. It is usually thought to derive from the name of the Titan, Atlas, who was punished by being forced to bear the entire celestial sphere or universe on his ...
Miljenko Lapaine +2 more
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New Global Digital Terrain Model
In 1996 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) developed a global digital terrain model GTOPO30 with the location resolution of 30" (approximately 1 km at the Equator).
Nedjeljko Frančula
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Results of the 2019 “We Love Maps” Children’s World Map Competition in Croatia
The Barbara Petchenik award was initiated by the International Cartographic Society (ICA) in 1993 in memory of Barbara Petchenik, a past vice-president of the ICA and cartographer who worked with maps and children her entire life.
Ivka Kljajić
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New Geography Studies at the University of Zadar
Introduction of new geography studies at the Department of Geography at the University of Zadar enables and encourages the realization of new concepts in teaching, use of ECTS scores, more optional courses that suit the students' interests, improved ...
Damir Magaš
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Features of underground real estate use:infrastructural and regional aspects
The transformation processes that occur in the technical, informational, and eco-nomic spheres of the regions require the development of new conceptual approaches to thedevelopment of a full-fledged land use system based on an analysis of the problems of
Kostiantyn Meteshkin +3 more
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Imago Mundi Included in the Thomson Reuters Databases
Imago Mundi – The International Journal for the History of Cartography is dedicated exclusively to the research of early maps in all of their aspects. It publishes papers related to the history and interpretation of those maps and their production in any
Nedjeljko Frančula
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The French Scientific Surveying Expedition to Peru
The paper describes how the lengths of parts of the meridian arc were measured in Peru (modern-day Ecuador). The field teams encountered great difficulties, due to the climate conditions in which they had to work, and the configuration of the terrain ...
Miljenko Solarić, Nikola Solarić
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Possibility of Preparing Thematic Maps Through Developing of the Geographic Information System (GIS)
It is a well known fact that nowadays planning of sustainable development and land use requires a lot of reliable and good quality information, which serves as the basis for timely and adequate decision-making.
Stjepan Husnjak, Matko Bogunović
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Research on Topographic Map Updating
The investigation of interpretability of panchromatic satellite image IRS-1C integrated with multispectral Landsat TM image with the purpose of updating the topographic map sheet at the scale of 1:25 000 has been described.
Ivana Javorović +2 more
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