Physical Geography: Making Sense of Planet Earth - Portraying the Earth
About this title: Alec Murphy focuses on the history of portraying the Earth and the earliest maps of ancient Greece, the 21st century computer-based GIS, Geographical Information Systems. The program includes a visit to the U.S. Geological Survey, ...
Advanced Placement Human Geography: Making Sense of Planet Earth - Portraying the Earth
About this title: In program one AP human geography: Portraying the Earth - Prof. Alec Murphy lays the foundation for all of geography: mapping and other representations of planet Earth . The program presents the history of portraying the Earth from...
Many Ways to See the World
Based on the popular and provocative book, Seeing Through Maps, this program provides a fascinating 30-minute exploration into the minds of twelve mapmakers and how their unique backgrounds, philosophies, values, and politics led each to select a pa...