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Tytuł:
W kierunku komplementarnej koncepcji nowego atlasu narodowego Polski
Towards a complementary concept of a new national atlas of Poland
Autorzy:
Śleszyński, P.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/204398.pdf
Data publikacji:
2014
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne
Tematy:
kartografia atlasowa
atlas narodowy
Polska
atlas cartography
national atlas
Polska
Opis:
Artykuł zawiera opis działań podejmowanych w ostatnich dwóch latach, związanych z próbą wydania nowego atlasu narodowego Polski, w tym proponowane założenia wydawnicze. Przedstawiono historię prac organizacyjnych oraz koncepcję, starającą się dla osiągnięcia różnych celów (naukowych, edukacyjnych, prestiżowych itd.) łączyć różne formy wydawnicze atlasu, którą z tego powodu nazwano komplementarną. Wydaje się być ona kompromisem między stanem wiedzy, intencjami i pomysłami środowisk naukowych, a możliwościami technicznymi oraz organizacyjno-finansowymi.
After the Atlas of Republic of Poland (Atlas Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) appeared in 1997, several initiatives aiming to build on its scientific success took place. In 2001, the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of Polish Academy of Sciences published the Computer Atlas of Poland (Komputerowy Atlas Polski), and later, in 2002-2003 three detailed versions of a new national atlas were prepared for publication, but never finalized. In autumn of 2011, there appeared an idea of publishing a new national atlas for the centennial of Poland's regaining its independence, 1918-2018 (P. Sleszyiiski, 2011). Considering all previous experience and conditioning, the idea of the atlas has to be approached more pragmatically in the next few years, from the point of view of science, financing and organization. Various publication forms proposed by different circles should not compete with one another. The strongest advantages of each form should be used preserving their scientific value. From the point of view of complexity, generalization, knowledge synthesis and the level of content the best form is the traditional "paper" atlas, comprising a well-considered set of maps. However, from the point of view of quantity and variety of contained information as well as the ways and forms of its syste-matization and presentation - the best possibilities are provided by a digital version (DVD, CD-ROM) and a website (thematic website, geoportal). Scientific, educational, prestige-related, practical and other goals should be realized with the help of most adequate means. This concept may be labeled as complementary. It can be realized in terms of science (ensuring a wide take on thematic problems in a variety of ways), education (transfer of scientific knowledge and cartographic methods of varying complexity to different user groups), organization (involving various institutions with their unique experience), usability (reaching a variety of user groups), prestige and financing-marketing. The most important, scientific objective can best be reached with a basic, exemplary and "prestigious" cartographic elaboration in a traditional printed book-plate form. Next should be a multimedia atlas in "Scandinavian" convention, broadening some notions otherwise impossible to be presented in the "paper" form, especially 3D imaging (e.g. DTM). It would attain mainly educational goals and provide access to often complex scientific knowledge to a lay user. Simultaneously, a cartographical website could be created (probably as yet another national geoportal) containing updated and more detailed problems, especially socio-economic in character, allowing for the creation of one's own maps on the basis of socio-economic data and ensuring a high interactivity. The website could satisfy the need for an up-to-date, comprehensive and professional knowledge about the area of the country. The presented concept aims at a compromise between the knowledge, intentions and ideas of the scientific circles on the one hand and technical and organizational-financial possibilities on the other.
Źródło:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny; 2014, T. 46, nr 1, 1; 5-14
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Pojawia się w:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Porównanie formy i struktury tematycznej wybranych europejskich atlasów narodowych
A comparison of the form and thematic structure of selected European national atlases
Autorzy:
Ostrowski, W.
Ostrowski, J.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/204487.pdf
Data publikacji:
2014
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne
Tematy:
kartografia atlasowa
atlas narodowy
Hiszpania
Niemcy
Polska
Rosja
Szwecja
Ukraina
atlas cartography
national atlas
Spain
Germany
Polska
Russia
Sweden
Ukraine
Opis:
W związku ze staraniami o wydanie nowego atlasu narodowego Polski i perspektywą wykorzystania doświadczeń innych krajów przy jego opracowaniu, autorzy wybrali i przeanalizowali pięć opublikowanych w ostatnim ćwierćwieczu atlasów państw europejskich: Szwecji, Hiszpanii, Niemiec, Ukrainy i Rosji oraz w celach porównawczych także Atlas Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z lat 1993-1997. Porównano ich formę edytorską, udział map, diagramów, fotografii i tekstów, przede wszystkim zaś strukturę tematyczną oraz wyróżniono charakterystyczne indywidualne cechy, a wyniki badań zestawiono w tabeli i unaoczniono w formie diagramów. W podsumowaniu zwrócono uwagę na zaobserwowane w tej dziedzinie tendencje oraz problemy, przed jakimi stoją twórcy współczesnych atlasów narodowych.
For over ten years now, attempts to publish a new up-to-date national atlas have been made in Poland. When preparing the concept for the atlas, it is reasonable to base it not only on our own experience (two such atlases have been published so far, one in the years 1973-1978 and one in 1993-1997), but also on the experience of other countries where in recent years some worth noting outstanding national atlases have been published. Having this in mind, the authors have selected and analyzed in detail five atlases of European countries published after 1990 and compared them with the last national atlas of Poland. The following atlases have been selected for analysis: the atlas of Sweden (1990-1996, 12 English version volumes), the atlas of Spain (1995-1999, 5 volumes), Germany (2000-2006, 12 volumes), Ukraine (2007, 1 volume), Russia (2004-2008, 4 volumes) and additionally the Atlas of the Republic of Poland, 1993-1997, a set of loose sheets in a case). The following features have been picked out for comparison: volume, editorial form, percentage contents of maps, diagrams and texts. Characteristic original topics and solutions have been emphasized and illustrated with examples of maps (fig. 1-5). Most importantly, the structure of contents has been analyzed and compared in detail and divided into five basic thematic units: general issues, history, natural environment, population and settlement, and economy. In some atlases also the summarizing chapter has been analyzed. The research results have been put together in table 1 and shown in the form of diagrams (fig. 6-9). Tendencies present in this domain as well as the problems which authors of contemporary national atlases face have been indicated in the conclusion. Thematic structure of atlases reflects various types of conditioning, environmental as well as historical, political and social. For instance the large share of historical maps in the National Atlas of Russia results from the particular attention which Russians pay to history as a basis for patriotic and civic upbringing. This tradition is also reflected in the large share of historical issues in the Atlas of Ukraine. On the other hand, omission of historical issues from the National Atlas of Germany may perhaps reflect a tendency to renounce the country's infamous history of the first half of the 20th century. Unlike the atlases of Western Europe (Spain, Germany), those of East European countries (Russia, Ukraine) present more characteristics of natural environment than economic issues. It reflects some significant limitations of development of economic and social geography in the Soviet Union which resulted from restricted access to source statistical data and inability to fully and ob¬jectively present research results. Comparative analysis of selected national atlases not only made it possible to determine variations and tendencies in the structure of contents and form of atlases, but also to determine problems arising during the development of the concept of a national atlas. The following tendencies were observed: increased number of diagrams, graphs, photographs and extensive texts placed in atlases, higher share of social and cultural issues of everyday importance, and a comprehensive approach to presented issues which often alters the traditional form of atlases (e.g. the atlases of Germany and Sweden). Three conceptual problems emerged from the analysis: 1) how to present complex issues in a possibly accessible way (importance of explanations), 2) to what extent regional approach can be applied (e.g. city maps, maps of protected areas) and 3) how to present the history of a particular country: in a separate section or together with the presentation of specific issues.
Źródło:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny; 2014, T. 46, nr 1, 1; 15-33
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Pojawia się w:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Atlas Polski Continental dla automobilistów – pierwszy atlas samochodowy odrodzonej Polski
Continental Atlas of Poland for Automobilists – the first road atlas in the independent Poland
Autorzy:
Rutkowski, J.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/204119.pdf
Data publikacji:
2015
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne
Tematy:
historia
kartografia
polska kartografia międzywojenna
mapa drogowa
atlas samochodowy
history
cartography
Polish interwar cartography
road map
road atlas
Opis:
W artykule, po przypomnieniu wcześniejszych, pochodzących z XIX i początku XX wieku map drogowych, głównie z terenu Królestwa Polskiego, omówiono Atlas Polski Continental dla automobilistów, wydany przez Continental Caoutchouc Compagnie Sp. z o.o. Warszawa. Był on pierwszą publikacją tego typu po odzyskaniu przez Polskę niepodległości w 1918 roku. W atlasie nie podano daty wydania, dlatego w artykule przeprowadzono próbę jej ustalenia na podstawie treści: linii kolejowych, sieci osadniczej i granic administracyjnych. Można szacunkowo przyjąć, że atlas wydano na początku roku 1926, jednak na jednoznaczne określenie daty nie pozwalają niedociągnięcia dotyczące aktualności treści map. Atlas, wydany w nakładzie 10 000 egzemplarzy, składa się z 20 jednostronnie drukowanych arkuszy mapy w skali 1:1 000 000 pokrywających całą Polskę i fragmenty państw ościennych oraz mapy ogólnej pokazującej podział na arkusze. Zasadniczą treść map stanowi pięć kategorii dróg. Tłem dla obrazu dróg są linie kolejowe, miasta i wsie, sieć wodna oraz nieliczne szczyty i przełęcze. Objaśnienie znaków w legendzie dano w pięciu językach: polskim, rosyjskim, niemieckim, francuskimi i angielskim. W atlas wyraźnie widać zróżnicowanie gęstości i jakości dróg między obszarami dawnych zaborów pruskiego i austriackiego, a zaniedbanym pod względem infrastruktury drogowej zaborem rosyjskim.
The 90th anniversary of the appearance of Atlas Polski Continental dla automobilistów ( Continental Atlas of Poland for Automobilists) published by Continental Caoutchouc Compagnie Ltd Warsaw is nearing. The Atlas was the first publication of its kind after Poland had regained its independence in 1918. After mentioning the earlier 19th and the beginning of 20th century road maps, mainly from the region known as the Kingdom of Poland being at the time under the rule of the Russian Empire, the author of the article discusses the Continental road atlas. The date of publishing the Continental road atlas is not known, nevertheless, the date may be estimated as the beginning of the year 1926. The atlas consists of 20 single-sided map sheets (foldouts) at the scale of 1:1,000,000, which cover the whole territory of Poland as well as some parts of neighboring countries, and a general map showing the division into sheets. The maps’ main contents consists of five categories of roads marked in red. Their background is composed of railroad lines, towns and villages in seven size classes according to the number of inhabitants, water network, some peaks and passes as well as mountain range names. Explanations of map symbols in the legend are given in Polish, Russian, German, French, English. The atlas very clearly shows the differences in the density and quality of roads between the regions of the Prussian and Austrian partitions and the road infrastructure- wise neglected Russian partition, especially its eastern part. Apart from mileage information for roads, the maps do not contain additional information specifically for motorists. They do not even show petrol stations or auto repair shops. What is really worth praise is the sole idea of creating such an automobile atlas and publishing it in 10,000 copies, a copy for every other Polish driver at the time! The fact speaks for the publisher’s, Continental Caoutchouc Compagnie’s, perspective. Despite numerous shortcomings discussed in the article, the Continental Atlas of Poland for Automobilists remains an unique work, which gave a beginning to a new kind of maps in Poland.
Źródło:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny; 2015, T. 47, nr 2, 2; 137-144
0324-8321
Pojawia się w:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Atlas Świata Służby Topograficznej Wojska Polskiego (w czterdziestolecie wydania)
The World Atlas of the Polish Army Topographical Service (on the 40th anniversary of publication)
Autorzy:
Florjańska, E.
Horodyski, B.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/204254.pdf
Data publikacji:
2008
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne
Tematy:
historia kartografii
kartografia polska
atlas świata
analiza atlasów
history of cartography
Polish cartography
world atlas
analysis of atlases
Opis:
W tym roku mija czterdzieści lat od ukazania się Atlasu Świata Służby Topograficznej Wojska Polskiego. Atlas, będący jednym z największych osiągnięć polskiej kartografii geograficznej, z przyczyn politycznych nie znalazł w kraju pełnej oceny i należnego mu uznania. Jego wersja angielskojęzyczna Pergamon World Atlas z powodzeniem propagowała polską kartografię w krajach zachodnich, stawiając go w rzędzie największych i najlepszych atlasów świata. Nigdy nie ukazało się kolejne wydanie Atlasu, nigdy też nie wyrażono Autorom należnego uznania i nie dano im stosownej satysfakcji. Dlatego przypominamy środowisku kartograficznemu szczególne okoliczności wiążące się z jego wydaniem i miejsce, jakie wyznaczał polskiej kartografii na arenie międzynarodowej.
At the turn of the 1960s the Polish Army Topographical Service initiated the edition of a great atlas of the world. It was to meet the demand for a publication unavailable since the 1904 the Great Atlas of the World by A. Nałkowski and A. Świętochowski. The publication lost its originally military character and became available to the general public. Atlas Świata (World Atlas) of the Polish Army Topographical Service was published in 1960-1968 in installments, in 242,000 copies, 205,000 of which were in Polish and 37,000 in English, ordered by the English Pergamon Press publishing house. The atlas was printed in 40x32 format; on 524 pages, including 382 map pages with an index, a pronunciation guide and a glossary of geographical names and terms. At that time nobody expected the fate awaiting the publication, which was one of the most significant in the history of Polish cartography. We recall this work to preserve the memory of the unprecedented effort of Polish military cartographers, successors of the Polish pre-war school of cartography. The first issues ofthe atlas were received with great interest and positive reviews. Later it became a victim of political unrest. After the Israeli-Arab war of 1967 Poland broke diplomatic relations with Israel, while the events of March 1968 in Poland demonstrated anti-Semitic sentiments of the Polish ruling elite. In spring '68 the editing team was accused of falsely showing Jerusalem as lsrael's capital, which disqualified the Atlas as a serious, credible scientific publication and a reliable source of information. Despite the witch-hunt the Atlas was completed, with an additional map of Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel (attached to the last issue) showing Tel Aviv as the capital of Israel. However the following autumn the publishing team was disbanded and its members scattered. The publication itself became a 'rotten apple' of Polish cartography; usually ignored for fear of political repressions. The Atlas got only two foreign reviews of its English Pergamon Press Atlas version: by G.R.Crome in "Geographical Magazine" (1968), and R.E Dahlberg in "The Canadian Cartographer" (1969). Significantly, it was regarded as one of the leading atlases of the time, along with The Times Atlas, Atlas Mira and Atlantę Internazionale. The Polish atlas is actually superior due to its rich thematic contents. The ostracism surrounding the Atlas lasted until early 1980s, when it had already been too late for the second edition. The materials became outdated, dispersed or lost, the publishing team broke up. Thus the World Atlas became an example of 'the most spectacular example of material and intellectual waste in the history of world cartography' (W. Grygorenko 1981). In 2003 an MA. thesis on the history and value of the Atlas was prepared at Warsaw University Department of Geography and Regional Studies to honor the memory of this effort of Polish military cartography (E. Florjańska 2003). The Atlas had to find its place without the help of 'experts'. Daily use verified its value. It became one of the most popular sources of geographic information. 40 years after its publication reviewing it seems pointless. However the analysis of its structure in comparison to other leading atlases shows the state of Polish cartography in the World in 1960s.
Źródło:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny; 2008, T. 40, nr 4, 4; 362-385
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Pojawia się w:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Drugie wydanie Atlasu Śląska Dolnego i Opolskiego (autoreferat)
The second edition of Atlas of Lower and Opole Silesia
Autorzy:
Pawlak, W.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/204327.pdf
Data publikacji:
2009
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne
Tematy:
kompleksowy atlas regionalny
kartografia geograficzna
technologia kartografii manualnej
wektorowa grafika komputerowa
comprehensive regional atlas
geographic cartography
technology of manual cartography
vector computer graphics
Opis:
Artykuł napisano w formie autoreferatu, co pozwoliło autorowi wyrazić szereg osobistych uwag i opinii dotyczących warunków opracowania i publikacji drugiego wydania Atlasu Śląska Dolnego i Opolskiego. Przedstawiono także wpływ zmian administracyjnych, politycznych i społeczno- -gospodarczych na charakter oraz zakres aktualizacji treści, związany z restrukturyzacją gospodarki, wolnym rynkiem, własnością prywatną oraz konkurencją. Autor dał również ogólne porównanie wektorowej grafiki komputerowej z dawną grafiką manualną oraz komputerowej reprodukcji kartograficznej z reprodukcją fotolitograficzną.
Discussion of the second edition of the Atlas of Lowerand Opole Silesia is presented in a form of an editor's review of his own work, because the preparation process, organization of editorial, editorial-technical, and at a later stage also technical-printing activities took place in conditions endangering its publication. Elaboration of the second edition was not included in any wider research program, therefore no financing was guaranteed. It was only just before the publication that the atlas was granted subsidies from Marshall Offices and regional Funds of Environmental Protection and Water Administration of Opole and Wrocław voivodships. As a part of the agreement free copies of Atlas were to be presented to libraries of elementary and secondary schools of the voivodships. Publication of the Atlas is endorsed by the Foundation for Wrocław University, as a result of a special Agreement. Editorial duties were taken over by the Foundation, as a continuation of the activities of the liquidated Laboratory of the Atlas of Lower Silesia of Wrocław University, with the same editorial team and editor in charge. The change of publisher did not affect editorial efforts, but it complicated financing, delaying the printing for several months. The first free parliamentary election took place in Poland in on 4th June 1989, when the country was still People's Republic of Poland. It established a for-mal foundation for the process of political and socio-economic changes. In 1999 a change of structure and administrative division was introduced, decreasing the number of voivodships from 49 to 16. Voivodships became centers of State and Self-government administration; they consisted of smaller units: 'powiat' and 'gmina'. Due to those changes the current edition of the Atlas of Lower and Opole Silesia is not the updated re-edition, but rather the second, changed and extended edition of the title. The second edition kept the original structural division into parts devoted to naturę and history-population-economy, each of which consists of six subject chapters. The extension concerned mainly the first part, which increased the share of nature maps in the Atlas. The contents of nature maps were extended to match the current borders of Opole and Wrocław voivodships. Some themes considered too specialist were omitted, replaced by issues of more common interest. The most significant changes were introduced in the section devoted to the use and state of environment, as well as factors endangering it, such as a series of maps showing hydro-technical use of Odra river within the limits of selected cities, and the flood hazard in the Odra valley, exemplified with disastrous floods of 1854, 1903 and 1997. In the same series there are maps showing the more detailed rangę of flooded area within selected cities. These are examples of high risk areas, because of dense population, compact dwellings and elements of technical and municipal infrastructure. Environmental change is also presented in a map of deforestation from 10th to 20th century. It attempts to reconstruct the forest cover in three time cross-sections. This map supplements the map of potential natural foliage. New maps broaden the ecological scope of the Atlas and enhance its educational value. They do not relate to political or socio-economic processes, but present natural conditions of the development of the region. Updating of the contents and changes in the second basie part of the Atlas followed a different route. It combined contents update with adaptation to political changes. Ali the maps of population and economy (except those in the section devoted to history) were updated mainly with the results of the National Ce-sus and the Agricultural Census of 2002. The political transformation which has continued in Poland since the eighties brought about a number of changes in map contents and complicated their interpretation. This is particularly visible in the case of agriculture, which relies not only on the location and quality of agricultural produetion space but also on the new relations of land ownership. The State continues to be the dominant landowner, though land is mostly cultivated by tenant farmers. This leads to a distorted picture of the agrarian structure of agriculture, while statisties still differentiate the so-called 'individual farms', although 'collective farms' of the past do not exist any more. Because of that all maps of agriculture present a state in transformation, and statisties are still entangled in the methodology of gathering and grouping of data inherited from the era of ideological domination of state economic policy. Industry and transportation in the second edition of the Atlas show highly advanced processes of organizational changes. The ownership of the means of produetion does not statistically divide produetion into private and state owned, because profitability became the dominating factor. The results of the 2002 census were grouped according to major sections of national economy rather than by the previously preferred branch division. It resulted in significant changes in the Atlas, because the former analytical branch approach to industry had been replaced with one comprehensive economic map. 'Services' is the section of the Atlas where political changes are most visible. It is reflected in the grouping of statistical data and distinct blurring of the division between service types, also because of private - public partnerships in the service sector. In such cases it was assumed that presentation of the level of saturation of service offer is more important than its economic aspect. This phenomenon is most evident in education and healthcare (basic medical services); it also affects higher education, science, culture and art. Tourism, reereation and leisure, as well as trade, develop in a definitely autonomous way, i.e. service offer is shaped by market demand, and its implementation by the price and quality of service. As a result, also in this problem section the priority was given to service offer rather than socio-economic conditions of its delivery. In his rather subjective paper the author also stresses the geographical character of the second edition of the Atlas of Lower and Opole Silesia and the specific character of digital techniques applied in geographic cartography.
Źródło:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny; 2009, T. 41, nr 4, 4; 330-343
0324-8321
Pojawia się w:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Pięćsetlecie urodzin Gerarda Merkatora i jego znaczenie dla geoinformacyjnego etapu rozwoju kartografii
500th anniversary of Gerard Mercators birth and his importance for the geo-information stage in the history of cartography
Autorzy:
Berlant, A. M.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/204508.pdf
Data publikacji:
2011
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne
Tematy:
historia kartografii
Merkator Gerard
kartografia matematyczna
nawigacja
globusy
atlas
history of cartography
Mercator Gerard
mathematical cartography
navigation
globes
Opis:
Gerard Merkator (Kremer) (1512-1594), flamandzki kartograf, matematyk i geograf urodził sie w Rupelmonde we Flandrii 5 marca 1512. Podczas studiów w Bois-le-Duc i Lowanium poznał Georgiusa Macropediusa i Gemmę Frisiusa dzięki którym zainteresował się kartografią i naukową geografią. W roku 1534 założył pracownię geograficzną w Lowanium, a w latach 1537-1538 wydał swoją pierwszą mapę Palestyny i małą mapę świata w odwzorowaniu sercowym. W roku 1541 stworzył swój słynny globus ziemi, który otrzymał w prezencie król Karol V. W roku 1551 powstał kolejny globus, tym razem nieba. W 1544 Merkator został na krótko aresztowany i oskarżony o herezję. Wkrótce przyjął zaproszenie Uniwersytetu w Duisburgu, gdzie uczył matematyki w szkole przygotowującej kandydatów na studia. Następnie został kosmografem i osiadł na stałe w Niemczech. W roku 1554 w Duisburgu Merkator zakończył swój projekt nowej mapy Europy. "Odwzorowanie Merkatora" miało taka cechę, że południki, równoleżniki i boki rombów miały na mapie formę linii prostych. W 1569 Merkator przedstawił swoją mapę świata dla celów nawigacji. Była to ostatnia mapa wielkoformatowa w której zastosował odwzorowanie walcowe równokątne znane pod jego imieniem. Jako pierwszy użył słowa "atlas" w odniesieniu do zestawu map. W 1585 Merkator opublikował pierwszy tom swojego atlasu w formie książkowej. Po jego śmierci w 1594 roku jego syn Romuld Merkator i wydawca Henrik Hondius dokończyli Atlas i wydali go w dwóch częściach. Idee Gerarda Merkatora wywierają wielki wpływ na nowoczesną kartografię. Pozostawiły ślad w teorii i wzbogaciły kartografię matematyczną. Odwzorowanie Merkatora jest zawsze używane we wszelkiego rodzaju mapach nawigacyjnych (morskich, lotniczych i drogowych). Merkator przyczynił się także do powstania globusa i wniósł znaczący wkład w kartograficzną metodykę badań - nalegał, aby każdy produkt kartograficzny (mapa, globus) zawierał instrukcję użycia i metodę pomiarów kartometrycznych. Największym osiągnięciem naukowca jest ustalenie zasad tworzenia atlasów i samo słowo "atlas", któremu współczesne znaczenie nadał Merkator.
Gerard Mercator (Kremer) (1512-1594) - was a Flemish cartographer, mathematician and geographer, born at Rupelmonde, in Flanders, on the 5th of March 1512. While studding at Bois-le-Duc and Louvain (where he became licentiate), he met Georgius Macropedius and Gemma Frisius, from them he derived much of his inclination to cartography and scientific geography. In 1534 he founded his geographical establishment at Louvain and in 1537-1538 he published his earliest known map of Palestine and a small map of the world in double hart-shaped projection. In 1541 he issued the famous terrestrial globe which has been presented to King Charles V. In 1551 a celestial globe followed. In 1544 Mercator was arrested for short time and prosecuted for heresy and then he accepted the invitation from University of Duisburg. He taught mathematics in a school designed to prepare students for University. Then he became a cosmographer permanently settled in Germany. In 1554 in Duisburg Mercator completed his project to produce a new map of Europe. The 'Mercator projection' had the property that lines of longitude, latitude and rhomb lines appear as straight lines on the map. In 1569 Mercator presented his world map to be used in navigation. It was Mercator's last map in large format where he used the angle perspective cylindrical projection bearing his name. He was also the first to use the term 'atlas' for a collection of maps. In 1585 Mercator published the first volume of his own world atlas in a book form. After his death in 1594 his son Romuld Mercator together with map publisher Henrik Hondius completed the Atlas and published it in 1589 in 2 parts which included 80 maps. Ideas of Gerard Mercator have a great influence on modern cartography. They left the trace in its theory, enriched mathematical cartography. Mercator's projection is always used for all types of navigation maps (marine, aviation and auto). Mercator made the significant contribution in globes creation as well as in the cartographic method of research since he was the one who insisted that every cartographic product (map, globe) should be accompanied by the instructions for its use and the techniques on how to make cartometric measurements on the maps. The biggest contribution of the great scientist are the principles of atlas mapping and the word 'atlas' itself was started to be used by Mercator.
Źródło:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny; 2011, T. 43, nr 1, 1; 27-34
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Pojawia się w:
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
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