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Ptolemy���s Revenge: A Critique of Historical Cartography [PDF]

, 2005
This article calls for a new approach to historical cartography. Arguing that cartographic presentism obscures the local geographies of the past, the author reviews the imagery of current historical mapping as geocentric and presentistic.
Schafer, Wolf
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Taxonomic reappraisal of the mangrove genus Avicennia (Acanthaceae) in India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A taxonomic reappraisal of the mangrove genus Avicennia in India was undertaken through extensive field surveys and critical examination of herbarium specimens. Three taxa, Avicennia alba, Avicennia marina subsp. marina, and Avicennia officinalis, are described in detail. A synonymic list was compiled using the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)
Subrata Mondal, Saikat Naskar
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Rescaling the Past through Mosaic Historical Cartography [PDF]

Journal of Maps, 2010
Abstract Please click here to download the map associated with this article. Researchers of our past have long used historical maps to place events and to uncover the physical form of an area. A series of maps may be employed to understand a region beyond the extent of a single map.
Lafreniere, Donald, Rivet, Douglas
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Brief historical review of the geological cartography in Ecuador.

Ciencia Latina Revista Científica Multidisciplinar, 2023
Since 1892, seven versions of the national geological map of the Republic of the Ecuador have been published. In 1892, Dr. Theodor Wolf, of the German Scientific Mission, published the 1st map which included a preliminary geomorphological description. Later, Dr.
Christian Romero-Cóndor, Leyla Lisbeth Oñate Acurio, Stalyn David Paucar-Ayala, José Luis Herrera-Robalino, Héctor Georgy Freire Cabrera, Andrea Verónica Albán-Villacreces, Carmen Roció Sangucho-Montenegro, María Elena Véliz-Zambrano   +7 more
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Update on Ouratea cidiana Sastre (Ochnaceae), a microendemic species from the Amazon: enlightening the identity and conservation status

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Ouratea cidiana (Ochnaceae) is a microendemic shrub species from the Brazilian Amazonia, occurring along the banks of the Trombetas River and restricted to the Cachoeira Porteira region, in western Pará State. Since the original collection nearly forty years ago, no additional records have been made, which is concerning given the continuous decline in ...
Clebiana de Sá Nunes, Mayara Dias Caldas, Fúvio Rubens Oliveira‐da‐ Silva, Anna Luiza Ilkiu‐ Borges, André dos Santos Bragança Gil   +4 more
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Tracing the evolution of digital cartography in cartography textbooks [PDF]

, 2022
Computer-based systems are established as a quintessential tool in cartography. While their applications have been thoroughly explored, digital cartography as a discipline can be enriched by more historical research.
Lee, Sangho
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TEORINĖS KARTOGRAFIJOS PROBLEMOS: VILNIAUS ATVEJIS

Problemos, 2004
Straipsnyje nagrinėjama viena iš kontroversiškiausių šiuolaikinės minties temų – kartografijos teorinės problemos. Tekste atsispiriama nuo Jeano Baudrillard’o poleminės tezės, jog šių dienų pasaulyje žemėlapis eina pirma kartografuojamos teritorijos ...
Nerijus Milerius
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Mapping Research in Teacher Education on Diversities and Inequalities: Opening Possibilities Through Social Cartography

Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2020
This article considers the potential of the methodology of social cartography to open generative possibilities in research on diversities and inequalities in teacher education in the international context.
Jeannie Kerr, Vanessa Andreotti
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Two new species of Calea ser. Multiplinerviae (Asteraceae: Neurolaeneae) from Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Detailed studies of specimens from Rondônia and Mato Grosso do Sul showed that two new species have been misidentified: Calea micropappa resembles Calea pilosa, but differs by leaf apex obtuse to acuminate (versus acute), paleae present (versus paleae absent), disc corolla lobes 1.2–1.3 mm long (versus 0.7–0.8 mm), and pappus scales 0.1–0.25 mm long ...
Vinícius Resende Bueno, Maria Luiza Campos Almeida, Jimi Naoki Nakajima   +2 more
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Where were all the trees? Computer vision meets landscape history to unlock the potential of historical Ordnance Survey maps

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The first edition of the Ordnance Survey's 1:2500 County Series is marked with treed areas, such as woodlands and orchards, and, remarkably, freestanding trees. Consequently, it is an unparalleled source of information on the distribution of trees across Britain in the mid‐late nineteenth century, when the maps were first surveyed. In order to
Toby Pillatt, William A. P. Smith
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