Verfasst von:	Rankin, William [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	After the map
Titelzusatz:	cartography, navigation, and the transformation of territory in the twentieth century
Verf.angabe:	William Rankin
Verlagsort:	Chicago ; London
Verlag:	University of Chicago Press
E-Jahr:	2016
Jahr:	[2016]
Umfang:	vii, 398 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme
Fussnoten:	Abbildungen überwiegend schwarz-weiß, Bildtafeln farbig. - Die Bildtafeln enthalten Karten und 2 Illustrationen ; Literaturangaben in Endnoten ; Mit Register
ISBN:	0-226-33936-X
	978-0-226-33936-8
Abstract:	For most of the twentieth century, maps were indispensable. They were how governments understood, managed, and defended their territory, and during the two world wars they were produced by the hundreds of millions. Cartographers and journalists predicted the dawning of a “map-minded age,” where increasingly state-of-the-art maps would become everyday tools. By the century’s end, however, there had been decisive shift in mapping practices, as the dominant methods of land surveying and print publication were increasingly displaced by electronic navigation systems. In After the Map, William Rankin argues that although this shift did not render traditional maps obsolete, it did radically change our experience of geographic knowledge, from the God’s-eye view of the map to the embedded subjectivity of GPS. Likewise, older concerns with geographic truth and objectivity have been upstaged by a new emphasis on simplicity, reliability, and convenience. After the Map shows how this change in geographic perspective is ultimately a transformation of the nature of territory, both social and political.
DOI:	doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226339535.001.0001
URL:	Rezension: https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-25729
	Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780226339368.pdf
	DOI: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226339535.001.0001
Schlagwörter:	(s)Kartografie    / (s)Satellitennavigation    / (z)Geschichte 1891-2010
	(s)Kartografie    / (z)Geschichte 1890-2010
	(s)Navigation    / (s)Karte    / (s)GPS    / (z)Geschichte 1900-2000
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Rankin, William: After the Map. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016. - 1 Online-Ressource (419 p)
RVK-Notation:	RB 10208
	RB 10214
K10plus-PPN:	161858989X