The Appearance of Contour Lines on British and Irish Maps, 1778–1870

Karen Rann

doi:10.1080/03085694.2020.1748935

The Appearance of Contour Lines on British and Irish Maps, 1778–1870

Karen Rann

School of Natural and Built Environment

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Abstract

The adoption of contour lines on British and Irish maps presented ‘insoluble problems’ that were all but ‘insurmountable for at least eighty years’.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	220-221
Number of pages	2
Journal	Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography
Volume	72
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03085694.2020.1748935
Publication status	Published - 05 Aug 2020

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Contours Cartography PhD

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Horizontal hills : A creative historical geography of the emergence of contour lines in nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland
Rann, K. (Author), Finnegan, D. (Supervisor) & Lilley, K. (Supervisor), Dec 2022
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

1 Book
1 Web publication/site

The Great Lines Project: An exploration of the History of the Invention of Contour Lines
Rann, K., 2016, 1 ed. 31 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
The Great Lines Project Blog
Rann, K., 2016
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

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The Appearance of Contour Lines on British and Irish Maps, 1778–1870

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Horizontal hills : A creative historical geography of the emergence of contour lines in nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland

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The Great Lines Project: An exploration of the History of the Invention of Contour Lines

The Great Lines Project Blog

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