... and what it was. Indeed it was the Ancient Greeks that made the first known attempt to determine the shape and size of the earth and produce maps. The first map of the world by Ptolemy around 150AD depicted only 3 continents (Europe, Asia and Africa) and used concepts of longitude and latitude for projection. Soon afterwards conflicting ideologies, such as those ... Greeks and Romans were maintained, largely by Arab Scholars, through to the Renaissance. Technological advance enabled many Moslems to travel further distances than previously and additions were made to Ptolemy's map. A note...

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... the field of geography. Cartography is a very important and vital field of geography. A Cartographer is a person who makes maps using precise tools, aerial surveillance, satellite mapping, and Geographic Information Systems A map has been traditionally defined by geographers as a "representation of things in space," a definition that implies a certain level of physical correspondence. Maps are used by people every day. Whether it be ... help people in many different situations. They are used to navigate for travel, used by people of all sorts. The cartographer selects only the informati...

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... that the Americas were "torn away from Europe and Africa . . . by earthquakes and floods" and went on to say: "The vestiges of the rupture reveal themselves, if someone brings forward a map of the world and considers carefully the coasts of the three [continents]." Ortelius' idea surfaced again in the 19th century. However, it was not until 1912 that the idea of ... ...

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... 's gravitational pull while passing within 36,650 miles of the moon (Pioneer 4); established a record of 106 days of functionality at a record distance of 22 ½ million miles from earth while reporting a map of the interplanetary magnetic field (Pioneer 5). Pioneer's 6-9, which were launched between 1965 and 1968, are known for recording the first detailed measurements of solar wind, solar magnetic field and cosmic ... ...

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