Early modern maps: To what extent are they metrically accurate?
A mathematical similarity transformation is often applied to the study of metrical accuracy of early maps. Accidental major errors of some points in the early map affect the mean accuracy index of the map to a large extent. Therefore, here we propose to exclude these major errors until we made the s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2008-03-01
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Series: | Belgeo |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/10235 |