Collaborative Research: History of Cartography in the Twentieth Century

合作研究：二十世纪地图学史

• 批准号: 0322200
• 负责人: Mark Monmonier
• 金额: $ 29.66万
• 依托单位: Syracuse University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-15 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0322200&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; History; Cartography; Twentieth

Project AbstractSES 0322200Mark Monmonier, Syracuse University"History of Cartography in the Twentieth Century"This proposal requests support to complete Volume Six of the History of Cartography, a 1,500-page, one million-word scholarly multi-level encyclopedia, with roughly 900 entries prepared by some 150 researchers and approximately 800 illustrations. The research focuses on the history of mapping sciences and technologies in the twentieth century. The mission of the History of Cartography Project is twofold: to complete a standard, worldwide reference work on the history of mapping in its technological, cultural, and social contexts; and to make major philosophical and methodological statements about the motives for making maps, the agents and processes used to make them, their functions, and their role in forming society's views of space and place. Of the six projected volumes, two have been completed (Volume Two was published as three books) and Volume Three (one million words, 6,000 manuscript pages) was submitted to press at the end of 2002. A proposal for Volume Four was submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities in July 2002, and plans for Volume Five will follow.The encyclopedic approach for Volume Six will allow it to be compiled in an efficient manner and will constitute a truly international effort. A comprehensive, well-organized encyclopedia should not only stimulate research on map history, but increase awareness of maps and geographic information among geographers and historians of science and technology. Information in the book will be easily searchable by the reader, both by headwords and the volume index, and the extensive bibliography and suggestions for further research at the end of each article will provide valuable signposts. The format will also lend itself far more smoothly to electronic publication, a possibility that must be anticipated.The research for Volume Six will capture and consolidate the key technological transitions in cartography during the twentieth century. Although these transitions, taken singly, are certainly not unique to mapping technologies, it is difficult to imagine a more revealing platform on which to illuminate the series of technological revolutions in information science: in information gathering (surveying, GPS, air photography, remote sensing), computer infrastructure and graphic design, and the access to geospatial information (in map libraries, GIS clearinghouses, and digital libraries as well as over the internet). Volume Six will document the most profound revolution that cartography has experienced while firsthand sources are still available. Its lasting impact will lie in the accuracy with which we document the transition to electronic cartography and society's reaction to digital mapping and geospatial data. Furthermore, the likely impact on research in the history of science and technology should be substantially greater than for the other volumes in the History series because of markedly stronger ties in the twentieth century with science and engineering, increased involvement of cartographic technology in public administration and warfare, and the far wider use of maps by the media and the public.

Mark Monmonier，锡拉丘兹大学"二十世纪的地图学史"该提案要求支持完成《地图学史》第六卷，这是一部1,500页、100万字的多层次学术百科全书，其中约有900个条目，由约150名研究人员编写，约有800幅插图。本研究的重点是20世纪世纪测绘科学技术史。 制图学历史项目的使命有两个方面：在技术、文化和社会背景下完成一项关于制图历史的标准的、世界范围的参考工作;并就制作地图的动机、用于制作地图的代理人和过程、地图的功能及其在形成社会空间和地点观点方面的作用作出重大的哲学和方法论陈述。在计划出版的六卷中，有两卷已经完成（第二卷作为三本书出版），第三卷（100万字，6 000页手稿）已于2002年底交付印刷。2002年7月向国家人文科学基金会提交了第四卷的建议，第五卷的计划也将随之提交，第六卷的编纂工作将以高效率的方式进行，并将成为一项真正的国际努力。一部内容全面、组织良好的百科全书不仅应该促进地图史的研究，而且应该提高地理学家和科技史学家对地图和地理信息的认识。书中的信息将很容易被读者搜索到，无论是通过标题词还是卷索引，每篇文章末尾的广泛参考书目和进一步研究的建议将提供有价值的路标。这种格式也将使电子出版更加顺利，这是一种必须预料到的可能性。第六卷的研究将捕捉和巩固二十世纪制图学的关键技术转变。虽然这些转变，单独来看，当然不是地图技术所独有的，但很难想象有一个更能揭示信息科学中一系列技术革命的平台：信息收集（测量、GPS、航空摄影、遥感）、计算机基础设施和平面设计以及地理空间信息的获取（在地图图书馆、GIS信息交换所和数字图书馆以及互联网上）。第六卷将记录地图学经历的最深刻的革命，而第一手资料仍然可用。它的持久影响将在于我们记录向电子制图的过渡以及社会对数字制图和地理空间数据的反应的准确性。此外，由于世纪与科学和工程学的联系明显加强，制图技术越来越多地参与公共管理和战争，以及媒体和公众对地图的广泛使用，因此，本书对科学和技术史研究的可能影响应远大于《历史》系列中的其他卷。