An Introduction to the Study of Map Projections

THIS little book is, in the main, what it professes to be, and is written chiefly for those students of geography who have but little knowledge of mathematics. For that reason the study is cast largely in an elementary geometrical form, and mathematical symbols are, where possible, avoided. The plan of the book includes chapters on the properties of projections, their systems, the measurement of areas, the use of scales, and then a description and explanation of the more common projections, especially those to be found in atlases, and those of practical use in topography. Given the limitations imposed on himself by the author, the book fulfils its purpose, and its appeal to the non-mathematical student is evidenced by the fact that this second edition has been called for three years after the issue of the first.An Introduction to the Study of Map Projections.By J. A. Steers. Second and revised edition. Pp. xxiii + 204. (London: Universitv of London Press, Ltd., 1929.) 8s. 6d. net.