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	Arthur H. Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robinson oversaw the creation of 5,000 hand-drawn maps and attended the Allied conferences at Quebec and Cairo in 1943 and 1944 as chief U.S. map officer.
		Robinson was a prolific writer and influential philosopher on cartography as he produced over 60 articles for professional publications, as well as textbooks and books on the cartographic technique.
		Robinson proceeded through an iterative process to create a pseudo-cylindrical projection that intends to strike a compromise between distortions in areas and in distances, in order to attain a more natural visualization.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arthur_H._Robinson (560 words)

	Map design - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arthur H. Robinson, an American cartographer, says if the map is not properly designed "it will be a cartographic failure." He also claims, when considering all aspects of cartography, "map design is perhaps the most complex." (1953, pp.
		The principle of figure-ground refers to this notion of engaging the user by presenting a clear presentation, leaving no confusion concerning the purpose of the map.
		Robinson, A.H. Early Thematic Mapping: In the History of Cartography.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Map_design (417 words)

	Arthur H. Robinson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Arthur H. Robinson (January 5, 1915 – October 19, 2004) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (An expert on geography) geographer and (A person who makes maps) cartographer.
		Robinson was a prolific writer and influential (A specialist in philosophy) philosopher on cartography as he produced over 60 articles for professional publications, as well as textbooks and books on the cartographic technique.
		Robinson proceeded through an iterative process to create a (additional info and facts about pseudo-cylindrical projection) pseudo-cylindrical projection that intends to strike a compromise between distortions in areas and in distances, in order to attain a more natural visualization.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/arthur_h._robinson.htm (487 words)

	Robinson Map Library - About
		The Arthur H. Robinson Map Library, a sub-unit of the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, serves a wide range of users from both the University and non-University communities.
		Arthur H. Robinson served on the faculty of the Department of Geography of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1945-1980, teaching courses in cartography and physical geography.
		In 1981, in recognition of his outstanding scholarly contribution to the theory and development of cartography and in recognition of his leadership in cartographic education and research, Arthur Robinson was awarded the Dr. Carl M. Mannerfelt Medal by the International Cartographic Association.
	www.geography.wisc.edu /maplib/about.html (375 words)

	Encyclopedia: Arthur H. Robinson
		Robinson was a prolific writer and influential A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy.
		Presented by Dr. Arthur H. Robinson in 1963, it is classified as a pseudo-cylindrical projection by reason of its straight parallels, each along which the meridians are spaced evenly.
		Robinson proceeded through an iterative process to create a A map projection is any of many methods used in cartography (mapmaking) to represent the two-dimensional curved surface of the earth or other body on a plane.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Arthur-H.-Robinson (2124 words)

	Arthur H. Robinson \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Arthur H. Robinson, a geographer who improved on the venerable Mercator projection for drawing the round Earth on a flat map, died Oct. 10 in Madison, Wis. He was 89.
		Joel L. Morrison, a former president of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and a government geographer, said Dr. Robinson was "a major contributor to the creation of a solid foundation for the development of cartographic science" in the 20th century.
		Born in Montreal on Jan. 5, 1915, to American parents, Arthur Robinson was educated at Miami University in Ohio and received a doctorate at Ohio State in 1947.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041121/news_z1j21robins.html (452 words)

	AGS Members - In Memorium
		ARTHUR H. Arthur H. Robinson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison died October 10, 2004.
		Arthur H. Robinson was born in Montreal on January 5, 1915 of American parents, James Howard and Elizabeth (Peavey) Robinson.
		Unquestionably, Arthur H. Robinson was the major contributor during the second half of the 20th century to the creation of a solid foundation for the development of a cartographic science.
	www.amergeog.org /ags_in_memorium.htm (3470 words)

	Robinson Map Library - Library News
		Robinson, Arthur H. Arthur H. Robinson, of Madison, died at Meriter Hospital in Madison on Oct. 10, 2004, after a brief illness.
		Arthur Robinson was born in Montreal, Canada on Jan. 5, 1915, the son of James Howard Robinson and Elizabeth (Peavey) Robinson.
		In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be designated either for the Arthur H. Robinson Map Library or for the History of Cartography Project Fund at the Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
	www.geography.wisc.edu /maplib/news.html (463 words)

	William Heath Robinson Biography
		William Heath Robinson was the younger brother of Charles and Thomas Heath Robinson.
		The Robinsons' father, uncle and grandfather were all employed either drawing or engraving images for publication.
		Robinson was capable of fancy, but fantasy itself seems to have been a stretch for him.
	www.bpib.com /illustrat/whrobin.htm (1639 words)

	JS Online: Robinson took a round Earth and made it very flat
		Arthur H. Robinson changed the way that cartographers looked at the world, figuring out how to depict a round Earth on a flat map with greater accuracy.
		Robinson spent his career with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, first as a professor of geography and later as professor of cartography.
		Robinson returned to the University of Wisconsin, where he was earlier a graduate student, to teach.
	www.jsonline.com /news/nobits/nov04/276447.asp (729 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Robinson Projection
		A Robinson projection, also called an orthophanic projection, is one way of transferring information from a round globe to a flat map.
		This type of projection, elliptical in shape, shows the entire world in a single plane.
		The Robinson projection was designed in 1963 by Arthur H. Robinson of the University of Wisconsin to minimize distortion, particularly near the equator, and to give the world a realistic appearance.
	encarta.msn.com /media_701501798/Robinson_Projection.html (77 words)

	<< Journals Division of UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS >> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The symposium was sent to Robinson with a distinct awareness on my part that he might justifiably see it as a presumptuous imposition on his time.
		On a voluntary basis he annotated it thoroughly, gave a great number of excellent suggestions, advised on literature that could be useful, proposed ideas that could be incorporatedand, of special importance, offered encouragement to a project that seemed too unorthodox to be feasible.
		Henry Castner, Arthur Collin, and Roger Tomlinson gave their valuable time in reading and commenting on an early draft; Marlyn Horsdal gave good advice on what to do with surviving remnants of the symposium; andJohn Andrews saved a late draft from some embarrassing errors, and offered useful advice.
	www.utpjournals.com /jour.ihtml?lp=carto/cart3512e.html (1583 words)

	Robinson Projections
		The Robinson projection was developed by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963.
		Rand McNally still makes extensive use of the Robinson projection, and the National Geographic Society uses it as well (although the Society seems to be using the projection a bit less frequently now than it did in the 1980s).
		Robinson called this the orthophanic projection (which means "right appearing"), but this name never caught on.
	www.cnr.colostate.edu /class_info/nr502/lg2/projection_descriptions/robinson.html (568 words)

	ARTHUR H. DEW
		Arthur Henry Dew as born in St. Johns, Michigan, and came to Albion in 1893.
		Arthur’s wife Jettie died an untimely death in 1906, and Arthur remarried in 1908 to Eliza Wilson of Grand Rapids.
		Arthur H. Dew was in the floral business for over 50 years.
	www.albionmich.com /history/histor_notebook/940123.shtml (671 words)

	Arthur Robinson Died; Reinterpreted World Map - Cyburbia Forums
		For his projection, Dr. Robinson chose 38 degrees north and 38 degrees south as the standard parallels.
		Peters has a lot of evidence on his side with regard to treatment of the tropics being "less" than equal from a representation stand point......but I would agree that his rhetoric takes that issue too far....
		I would guess that every ship over 40 feet in length now comes with a GPS unit (even a $100 one....) There is no question that the Robinson Projection is the best of both worlds to me and that it does a fine job for what is expected of it....
	www.cyburbia.org /forums/showthread.php?p=176672 (1044 words)

	Map Projections, Geography Glossary - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Orthophanic (meaning 'right appearing') projection, also called the Robinson projection, is a widely-used type of map in which the Earth is shown in a flattened ellipse.
		In a Robinson projection, area is represented accurately, but the distances and compass directions are distorted (for example, compass lines are curved).
		The Robinson projection is a widely-used type of map in which the Earth is shown within an ellipse with a flat top and bottom.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /geography/glossary/projections.shtml (1057 words)

	robinson.html
		In 1988 the NGS adopted the Robinson projection designed in 1963 by Professor Arthur H. Robinson for Rand McNally.
		The Robinson projection is somewhat different from almost all others in not being based on mathematical formulas or geometry.
		The tabular functions, as amended by the NGS, are given by Pearson (1990).
	people.clarkson.edu /~chengweb/faculty/taylor/maps/robinson1.html (300 words)

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		Robinson's Note: Of all the descriptions that we have of the general condition of the French people upon the eve of the Revolution, the most important and interesting is Arthur Young's account of his travels in France during the years 1787, 1788, and 1789.
		Young was an honest and observant English gentleman farmer, whose aim was to ascertain "the cultivation, wealth, resources, and national prosperity" of France, which were, as he foresaw, to be fundamentally changed by the Revolution then under way.
		In I787 Arthur Young visited Paris and Versailles, then traveled southward as far as the Pyrenees.
	history.hanover.edu /texts/young.html (1808 words)

	JOHN H. ROBINSON SR. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		JOHN H. John H. Robinson Sr., 71, formerly of 3320 Downes St., died Jan. 22, 1996, in Beverly Manor, Portsmouth.
		Robinson, a retired aircraft mechanic, worked for Norfolk Naval Air Rework Facility for 35 years.
		Survivors include his former wife, Lucy Hinton Robinson of Chesapeake; a daughter, Christine Williams of Virginia Beach; four sons, John H. Robinson Jr.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960125/01250338.htm (205 words)

	COMPUTER CARTOGRAPHY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		You must be able to schedule time in the lab outside of class hours during times the lab(s) are open for your use.
		Dana, Peter H. Unit 015 - The Shape of the Earth.
		Robinson, Arthur H., Joel L. Morrison, Phillip C. Muehrcke, A. Jon Kimerling, and Stephen C. Guptill.
	www.utexas.edu /depts/grg/dana/GRG308/GRG308.html (341 words)

	Department of Geography at The Ohio State University
		Arthur Robinson received his PhD from Ohio State in 1947 and HonDSc in 1984.
		He created the Robinson projection that is now the standard for world maps, having been adopted by the National Geographic Society.
		Robbie had a distinguished teaching and research career at Wisconsin, is a major figure in Twentieth Century cartography and remains an active scholar.
	thoth.sbs.ohio-state.edu /GEOSPECTRUM/2000/7.HTML (836 words)

	Geography Glossary
		The Robinson projection is an elliptical-shaped map with a flat top and bottom.
		Developed in 1963 by Arthur H. Robinson, it is an orthophanic (“right appearing”) projection, which attempts to reflect the spherical appearance of the Earth.
		But to convey the likeness of a curved, three-dimensional globe, the Robinson projection must in fact distort shape, area, scale, and distance.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0908193.html (997 words)

	GISuser.com GIS, GPS, LBS, CAD, mapping news, jobs, software, data, community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		- Robinson was ofcourse best known to the public for the creation of the Robinson Projection, a map projection that he referred to as "a portrait of the earth" His death, after a brief illness, was announced by the University of Wisconsin, where he was an emeritus professor of geography and cartography.
		Robinson, Arthur H. Arthur Robinson was born in Montreal, Canada, on Jan. 5, 1915, the son of James Howard Robinson and Elizabeth (Peavey) Robinson.
		During his long career he produced 15 books and monographs, one of which, "Elements of Cartography," went through six editions and became the preeminent textbook in cartography.
	www.gisuser.com /content/view/3944 (811 words)

	The New York Times > Obituaries > Arthur H. Robinson, 89, Geographer Who Reinterpreted World Map, Dies
		Arthur H. Robinson, a geographer, created the Robinson projection in the early 1960's.
		After his service with military intelligence in the war, he joined the Wisconsin faculty, where he spent the rest of his career.
		Survivors include his wife, Martha E. Robinson of Madison; a son, Stephen M., of Madison; a daughter, Patricia A. Robinson of Sonoita, Ariz.; and two grandchildren.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/11/15/obituaries/15robinson.html?ex=1258261200&en=3c9f8a4bb44d37d4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt (581 words)

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		11:02:48 PM Arthur H. Robinson, 89, Dies; Reinterpreted World Map.
		Robinson worked to find the best possible solution to cartography's frustrating "Greenland problem." By By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD.
	radio.weblogs.com /0105198/2004/11/15.html (203 words)

	Cartography and Geographic Information Science: Arthur H. Robinson, 1915-2004.(A tribute to our founding ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Arthur H. Robinson died in Madison, Wisconsin, after several years of retirement from the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin and a career filled with contributions to his field.
		To the general public, he is best known for the Robinson map projection; its use by Rand McNally and National Geographic Society sparked broad popularity.
		In part because of that invention, he has been honored with obituaries and reflections in such publications as the New York...
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:132675595&refid=ink_tptd_mag (235 words)

	News Letter Page 4
		He came to the United States to study cartography with Professor Arthur H. Robinson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
		As Professor of Geography, he taught courses in cartography and the history of cartography, supervised twenty-four master’s theses and four doctoral dissertations, and served the university.
		He was honored with a prestigious named chair, for which he chose the title “Arthur H. Robinson Professor of Geography” in honor of his mentor.
	www.sochistdisc.org /news_letter/terra-cognita_4.htm (482 words)

	GEO423 Reading Assignments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Wood, Clifford H. and C. Peter Keller, 1966.
		In Wood, Clifford H. and C. Peter Keller (eds.).
		In Wood, Clifford H. and C. Peter Keller (eds.), pp.
	www.msu.edu /~whitee/GEO423/GEO423readings.html (246 words)

	Robinson Projection -- 3DSoftware.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Robinson Map projection is used for world maps.
		This web page shows the Robinson projection, with the central meridian at 90° West, and an additional diagram with the central meridian at 0°.
		Central meridian 90° W. Tissot Indicatrix for Robinson projection with 30° graticule.
	www.3dsoftware.com /Cartography/USGS/MapProjections/Pseudocylindrical/Robinson (262 words)

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