Western Europe, North America and Australasia : Western Europe, North America and Australasia

Topographic mapping plays a basic and important role within the extensive field of cartography. In recent years, this type of mapping has become somewhat neglected and available literature is normally restricted to details concerning the programmes of individual countries, often presented in the form of monographs. Topographic maps are essential tools for use in development projects, resource exploitation, the planning of construction, infrastructure and recreation. Furthermore, they give a detailed illustration of the relative degrees of development of areas within a landscape and are thus unique in demonstrating the cultural status of a country. This book is the first of three volumes and provides an introduction to world topographic mapping giving details and examples of topographic maps from Western Europe, North America and Australasia. The information supplied for each country consists of a text, including a brief history of the development of topographic mapping, geodetic data, map scales and series, as well as extracts of maps and index sheets illustrating the present status of map coverage within that country. There is currently no other work employing the approach adopted in assembling this `inventory'. This work is a comprehensive and important reference and source book for information in the field of topographic mapping Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Foreword , Pages v-vi Austria Österreich , Pages 1-6 Belgium Belgique België , Pages 7-10 Denmark Danmark , Pages 11-17 Faroe Islands (Denmark) Føroyar Færøerne , Pages 18-20 Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrepublik Deutschland , Pages 21-30 Finland Suomi , Pages 31-40 France , Pages 41-48 Gibraltar (UK) , Pages 49-50 Iceland Ísland , Pages 51-54 Ireland Éire , Pages 55-58 Italy Italia , Pages 59-72 Jan Mayen (Norway) , Pages 73-74 Luxembourg , Pages 75-78 Malta , Pages 79-81 The Netherlands Nederland , Pages 82-86 Norway Norge , Pages 87-94 Portugal , Pages 95-104 Spain España , Pages 105-116 Sweden Sverige , Pages 117-128 Switzerland Schweiz Suisse Svizzera , Pages 129-133 Svalbard (Norway) , Pages 134-137 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) , Pages 138-148 Canada , Pages 149-158 Greenland (Denmark) Grønland Kalaallit Nunaat , Pages 159-163 St Pierre et Miquelon (France) , Pages 164-165 United States of America (USA) , Pages 166-178 Australia , Pages 179-185 New Zealand , Pages 186-190 Papua New Guinea , Pages 191-196 Supplies text, geodetic data, map scales and series for each country, as well as extracts of maps and index sheets illustrating the present status of map coverage within that country. This reference should provide useful information on the field of topographic mapping. v. 1. Western Europe, North America, and Australasia v. 2. South America, Central America, and Africa v. 3. Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica. Vol. 1. Western Europe, North America, and Australasia