PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Tuesday, August 7   8:30--10:00

Oral Session 13

History of Cartography and Historical Maps

THE QUARTER INCH TO ONE MILE (1:253,440 SCALE) TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF GREAT BRITAIN: A TEMPORARY MAP WHICH OUTLASTED ITS USEFULNESS, 1945-1960

Christopher Board

United Kingdom

Review to Chinese Old Maps and Recent Study Progress

Wang Jun，王均

Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing, China

MAP MAKING AND CHINESE CIVILIZATION

CHIAO-MIN HSIEH，谢觉民

Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA

DIGITAL HISTORICAL MAPS IN PHYSICAL PLANNING

Klas Cederin, Mats Carlson

Kristianstad University, School of Engineering, Sweden

THE SEARCH FOR A NORTHWEST PASSAGE: ON THE HISTORY OF A SCIENTIFIC COMPETITION IN GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY

Alexei V. Postnikov

Russian Academy of Sciences1 Institute of the History of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Cartographic Generalization:The History and Evolution of a Fundamental Concept

Henry J. Steward, Yu Zhou

Clark University, Worcester MA. USA