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A classic text and reference work for students, academics and professionals approaching cartometry from a wide range of backgrounds - geography, cartography, forestry and stereology. The author hasd transcended these subject boundaries to produce a definitive and coherent guide to the theory and technique of measuring distance and areas on maps. To increase this book's accessibility, a minimum of mathematical knowledge is assumed.
'It is fair to call this book encyclopedic...Maling's masterwork'
Photogrammetric Record
'Vastly more comprehensive than its predecessors, and likely to remain the definitive reference book on the subject for many years'.
Geology Magazine