(Cartography) returned 44 hits
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The first large-scale geological map of England and Wales, setting the pattern for geological cartography, and founding stratigraphic geology. Recently called (hyperbolically) "the map that changed the world'' cite{Winchester:2001}. (Smith's map was first drawn in 1801, but the final version was not published until 1815.)
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"Carte chronologique'': An annotated timeline of history (from Creation) on a 54-foot scroll, including names and descriptive events, grouped thematically, with symbols denoting character (martyr, tyrant, heretic, noble, upright, etc.) and profession (painter, theologian, musician, monk, etc.)
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Historical timeline (life spans of 2,000 famous people, 1200 B.C. to 1750 A.D.), quantitative comparison by means of bars
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Statistical map of production in Europe, possibly the first economic and thematic map (shows geographic distribution of 56 commodities produced in Europe)
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First maps of the incidence of disease (yellow fever), using dots and circles to show individual occurrences in waterfront areas of New York
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Cartography
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Choropleth map with shadings from black to white (distribution and intensity of illiteracy in France), the first (unclassed) choropleth map, and perhaps the first modern statistical map. (This map dates from 1826 cite[Plate 1, vol. 2]{Dupin:1827} according to Robinson cite[p. 232]{Robinson:1982}, rather than 1819 according to Funkhouser cite{Funkhouser:1937})
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Choropleth map with shadings from black to white (distribution and intensity of illiteracy in France), the first (unclassed) choropleth map, and perhaps the first modern statistical map
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Cartography
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The first large scale attempt at a scientific, economic survey (of the Irish estates confiscated by Oliver Cromwell), perhaps the first econometric study, leading to development of political arithmetic
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Cartography
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First known weather map, showing prevailing winds on a geographical map of the Earth
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Cartography
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Catalan Atlas, an exquisitely beautiful visual cosmography, perpetual calendar, and thematic representation of the known world
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Cartography
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Invention of cylindrical projection for portraying the globe on maps, to preserve straightness of rhumb lines
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Cartography
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Tables, and first world map showing lines of geomagnetism (isogons), used in work on finding longitude by means of magnetic variation. The tables give the world distribution of the variation, by latitude, along each of the meridians
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Cartography
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The oldest known map? (There are several claimants for this honor.)
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Cartography
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The first world map? (No extant copies, but described in books II and IV of Herodotus' "Histories'' (Robinson:1968)
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Cartography
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The first route map ("carte routière''), showing the whole of the Roman world, a map from Vienna, through Italy, to Carthage; painted on parchment, 34 cm. high, by 7 m. in length. (Named the table of Peutinger, after a 16th century German collector.)
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Cartography
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Map projections of a spherical earth and use of latitude and longitude to characterize position (first display of longitude)
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Cartography
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Street maps of London, showing poverty and wealth by color coding, transforming existing methods of social survey and poverty mapping towards the end of the nineteenth century
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Cartography
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Use of area rectangles on a map to display two variables and their product (population of arrondisements in Paris, percent foreigners; area = absolute number of foreigners)
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Cartography
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Population contour map (population density shown by contours), the first statistical use of a contour map
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Cartography
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The first comparative choropleth thematic maps, showing crimes against persons and crimes against property in relation to level of instruction by departments in France
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Cartography
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First simple dot map of population by department, 1 dot = 10,000 people
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Cartography
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The first comprehensive analysis of data on "moral statistics'' (crimes, suicide, literacy, etc.) shown on thematic unclassed choropleth maps; bar charts (of crime, by age groupings and months)
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Cartography
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First classed depiction of population density on a world map (using three broad classes in a dasymetric map)
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Cartography
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First published flow maps, showing transportation by means of shaded lines, widths proportional to amount (passengers)
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Cartography
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Physical atlas of the distribution of plants, animals, climate, etc., one of the most extensive and detailed thematic atlases; most of the maps contained tables, graphs, pictorial profiles of distributions over altitude, and other visual accompanyments
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Cartography
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Ethnographic maps showing distribution of ethnic groups throughout the world
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Cartography
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Map incorporating statistical diagrams: circles proportional to coal production (published in 1861)
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Cartography
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Use of a dot map to display epidemiological data, leads to discovery of the source of a cholera epidemic.
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Cartography
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The modern weather map, a chart showing area of similar air pressure and barometric changes by means of glyphs displayed on a map. These led to the discovery of the anti-cyclonic movement of wind around low-pressure areas
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Cartography
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Minard's flow map graphic of Napoleon's March on Moscow (called "the best graphic ever produced)
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Cartography
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Election map of Paris, showing the breakdown of votes by parties
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Cartography
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Re-design of the routes of the London underground rail system to favor usability
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Cartography
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Initial development of geographic information systems, combining spatially-referenced data, spatial models and map-based visualization. Example: Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics (and Spatial Analysis) develops SYMAP, producing isoline, choropleth and proximal maps on a line printer
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Cartography
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Visibiltiy Base Map, a map of the United States where areas are adjusted to provide a readily readable platform for area symbols for smaller states, such as Delaware and Rhode Island, with compensating reductions in the size of larger states
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Cartography
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The USA Today color weather map begins an era of color information graphics in newspapers. Shortly, colorful visual graphics become widespread.
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Cartography
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Statistical graphics interactively linked to map displays
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Cartography
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Use of ethnographic maps, showing the distribution of mixed nationalities, played an important role in redrawing national boundaries of Central Europe and the Balkans following World War I
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Cartography
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A map of England showing distances between cities arranged for the use of travellers.
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Cartography
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This palaeolithic map from 13 660 calBP is one of the oldest maps to date. The map is an engraved stone from the cave of Abauntz and it demonstrates actual surrounding landscape, including mountains, rivers, and ponds. Routes or avenues of access are also engraved.
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Cartography
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The first weather map was invented by physicist Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes in 1816, based on data collected over several decades.
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Cartography
