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Map of most or all of the surface of the Earth
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map. Many techniques have been developed to present world maps that address diverse technical and aesthetic goals. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: World mapA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: World-maps for finding the direction and distance to MeccaThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: WorldMap – a geospatial framework for collaborative researchCited 22 times
- Go sideways: Map projectionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: CartographyA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
WorldMap – a geospatial framework for collaborative research
Online Survey of Heterogeneous Users and Their Usage of the Interactive Mapping Platform WorldMap
A Study: Using WORLDMAP: Of Distributions of African Savanna Plants
The representation of the north of Europe in the Worldmap of Petrus Plancius of 1592
The WORLDMAP debate
Understanding Today's Online GIS User Through the Lens of a WorldMap Survey
Using the Worldmap PC program for measuring biodiversity in order to choose prioritized conservation areas in southern Africa
Notes on the Worldmap in “Rudimentum Novitiorum”
📚 Books worth reading
World-maps for finding the direction and distance to MeccaDavid A. King · 1999- 📕Robinson Portrait (Worldmap) · 1993
- 📕Ordnance Survey World Maps (Worldmaps / Ordnance Survey)Ordnance Survey · 1991
- 📕AGL/WORLDMAPS user guide and reference manualUniras (firm) · 1992
- 📕Uniras AGL/WORLDMAPS user guide and reference manualUniras (firm) · 1989
- 📕UNIRAS version 6 · 1989
- 📕Father Matteo Ricci's Chinese world-maps, 1584-1608John F. Baddeley · 1917
Map of the World/Map of United States · 2000
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