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Cartography/History of Cartography

This research guide will help you find books, print journals and other resources about Cartography. Cartography studies the history of maps and mapmaking and interpretation of maps.

Introduction

You can animate maps file like the ones in the box to the right. All you need are your map files in .GIF files and you can upload then to gickr.com.  Once uploaded, you get a link and an embeddable file to place where you want.

You can create the same affect with .JPG files. However, that is more like programming rather than uploading the files. Click here for an example with .JPG files.

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