Datums and Map Projections: For Remote Sensing, GIS and Surveying by J.C. Iliffe

by Jonathan Iliffe

This best-selling title has become a vital text for students and professionals worldwide. The rewritten and expanded new edition provides more examples and case studies from around the world, and there is greater scope to cover all possible different types of coordinate reference system that are used in mapping and related areas.

Paperback

First published June 22, 2000

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was a bit confused about the topic so I went to my local university library to study up. I found a book that really filled me in on this topic. It is a bit heady with math and stuff but you can skip those paragraphs. It covers datums, projections, coordinate systems, coordinate reference systems, GPS, and all the wonderful math involved in transformations and conversions between datums and coordinate systems.

[Dennis Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superior overall graphic design. Map graphics and diagrams are legible, visually interesting, and designed for consistency within each category of graphics (maps, diagrams, tables, and process flow charts).

[Michal Paszkiewicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent read that will explain everything you need to know about datums and map projections. The explanation of how GPS works at the end was also highly informative.

The book is fairly technical, but readable without much prior knowledge.