单词 | map-making |
释义 | > as lemmasmap-making map-making n. ΚΠ 1846 A. Jamieson (title) A manual of map-making and mechanical geography. 1879 Sir A. R. Clarke in Encycl. Brit. X. 203 Notwithstanding the facility of construction, the stereographic projection is not much used in map-making. 1952 F. J. Monkhouse Maps & Diagrams ii. 63 Since the earliest days of map-making, the depiction of relief has been one of the major problems of cartographers, for it involves the representation of three dimensions upon a plane surface. 1999 EuroBusiness Sept. 141 A deal with the UK Government's Ordnance Survey cartographic agency has seen it re-livery one of the aircraft and base it up in Blackpool..for use in map-making in the UK. < as lemmas |
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