The document discusses different types of maps and map projections. It describes how maps represent the earth's curved surface on a flat surface, necessitating distortions and tradeoffs between shape and size accuracy. It covers scale, essential map elements, globes, families of map projections including Mercator and planar, isolines, and remote sensing techniques like aerial photography, satellites, and multispectral analysis.

1. Title Page Photo "A map says to you, 'Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not.' It says, 'I am the Earth in the palm of your hand. Without me, you are alone and lost.'" — Beryl Markham ( West With the Night, 1946 )

2. Vocabulary remote sensing (p. 44) representative fraction (p. 31) rhumb line (p. 36) small-scale map (p. 31) sonar (p. 48) verbal scale (p. 31) global positioning system (GPS) (p. 41) graphic scale (p. 30) isoline (p. 39) large-scale map (p. 31) loxodrome (p. 36) map (p. 29) map projection (p. 33) map scale (p. 30) Mercator projection (p. 36) multispectral scanning system (MSS) (p. 46) aerial photograph (p. 44) conformality (conformal projection) (p. 35) conic projection (p. 37) cylindrical projection (p. 35) elevation contour line (p. 39) equal area projection (p. 35) equivalence (equivalent projection) (p. 35) fractional scale (p. 31) geographic information systems (GIS) (p. 48) orthophoto map (p. 44) photogrammetry (p. 44) plane projection (p. 37) pseudocylindrical projection (elliptical projection) (p. 38) radar (p. 48)

11. Map Essentials