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The first three publications listed are relatively short pamphlets. The last two are substantial books. We
have also given addresses and phone numbers for the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
(the pamphlets) and the U.S. Geological Survey (the books).
American Cartographic Association. Choosing a World Map-Attributes, Distortions, Classes, Aspects.
Falls Church, VA: American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. Special Publication No. 2. 1988.
American Cartographic Association. Matching the Map Projection the Need. Falls Church, VA: American
Congress on Surveying and Mapping. Special Publication No. 3. 1991.
American Cartographic Association. Which Map is Best? Projections for World Maps. Falls Church, VA:
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. Special Publication No. 1. 1986.
John P. Snyder. Map Projections-A Working Manual. Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 1395. 1987
John P. Snyder and Philip M. Voxland. An Album of Map Projections. Washington: U.S. Geological
Survey Professional Paper 1453. 1989.
Contact Information
The Department of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder has made available "The
Geographer's Craft" project, a website devoted to explanations of map projections, geodetic datums,
and coordinate systems. It is particularly valuable because many of the explanations were presented
using MapInfo Professional.
The materials may be used for study, research, and education. If you link to or cite the materials below,
please credit the author: Peter H. Dana, The Geographer's Craft Project, Department of Geography,
The University of Colorado at Boulder.
For geodetic datum information and explanations, go to:
For information on coordinate systems and associated topics, go to:
For information on map projections, go to:
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