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FIGURE 2.1
Number of sheets of the International Map of the World published or revised, 1921–1986

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William Rankin
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA


 
FIGURE 2.2
Coverage of the International Map of the World as of 1986
from “Status of Publication of IMW Sheets as at 31 December 1986,” UN Document ST/ESA/SER.D/17, Supplement #3 (Feb 1987)
Public Domain: UN publication


 
FIGURE 2.3
The Mercator projection, from a 1938 atlas
from Rand McNally Ready-Reference Atlas of the World (Chicago, 1938)
Public Domain: copyright not renewed


 
FIGURE 2.4
Map illustrating the new strategic importance of polar routes through Alaska during World War II
Life Magazine
Copyright 1942, renewed 1969


 
FIGURE 2.5
Map with bold arrows and a perspective view shows the battle over oil in the Middle East
Life Magazine
Copyright 1941, renewed 1969


 
FIGURE 2.6
Richard Edes Harrison's famous polar map showing the centrality of the United States to the global conflict
originally in Fortune, March 1942; this link points to the 1944 version in Look At The World
Copyright 1942, renewed 1969


 
FIGURE 2.7
Frontispiece to Wendell Willkie's One World, showing his route around the globe
Simon & Schuster
Copyright 1943, renewed 1970


 


FIGURE 2.8
Richard Edes Harrison's views of a spherical earth, ignoring north-up conventions: the view from the US towards Asia, and the view from Europe towards Asia
from Richard Edes Harrison, Look At The World
Copyright 1944, renewed 1971


 


FIGURE 2.9
The United Nations emblem (azimuthal equidistant projection): original lapel pin and present-day version
US Office of Strategic Services; United Nations
Public Domain: US Government / UN


 
FIGURE 2.10
A new oblique Mercator projection showing global air routes without any regional frame
Geographical Journal
Copyright 1941


 


FIGURE 2.11
International Map of the World sheet Istmo de Tehuantepec (1938)
American Geographical Society
Public Domain: copyright not renewed

World Aeronautical Chart sheet Tehuantepec Isthmus (1946)
US Aeronautical Chart Service
Public Domain: US government


 




FIGURE 2.12
The division of Allied mapping responsibility in 1947: military-topographic maps, aeronautical charts, and storage of reproduction material
Directorate of Military Survey
Copyright 1947


 
FIGURE 2.13
Comparison of sheet grids for the International Map of the World and the World Aeronautical Chart
William Rankin
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA


 


FIGURE 2.14
World Population Maps of Tuscany (top) and Ventura County, California (bottom)
Geografiska Annaler
Copyright 1963


 
FIGURE 2.15
Comparison of World Land-Use Survey maps from central Italy (top) and western Japan (bottom)
Internationales Jahrbuch für Kartographie
Copyright 1968


 


FIGURE 2.16
Sheet index for the International World Aeronautical Chart: March and October 1962
International Civil Aviation Organization
Public Domain: UN publication


 
FIGURE 2.17
Design alternatives for the World Aeronautical Chart tested for the US Office of Naval Research in 1952
from John E. Murray and Rolland H. Waters, “The Design of Aeronautical Charts II,” Navigation (US) 3 (Dec 1952), 193
Public Domain: copyright not renewed


 


FIGURE 2.18
Comparison of the design of American World Aeronautical Charts in 1948 and 1957 (both maps show the same area in northern Italy)
from Richard W. Philbrick, “New Design Features for the World Aeronautical Chart,” Surveying and Mapping (July–Sept 1957), 303, 306
Public Domain: copyright not renewed


 
FIGURE 2.19
The place of the International World Aeronautical Chart in the official specifications of the International Civil Aviation Organization, 1949−2001
William Rankin
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