Map Projections

NOTWITHSTANDING the large amount of surveying which has been done in this country and throughout the Empire, there are few works in English which treat of the various ways in which portions of the earth's surface may be most conveniently and correctly represented on the plane surface of a map. The subject has been treated partially by several eminent mathematicians, and valuable summaries occur in some encyclopedias, but we do not in this country possess any works such as those by Germain, Tissot, Hammer, and others. There are also many works of a less advanced type which are available to Continental geographers, but this class, too, is very insufficiently represented here. We therefore welcome the appearance of the present volume, in which the subject is treated clearly and in a manner which makes but small demand upon the mathematical training of the geographer, while at the same time the important points in any projection, suitability for special purposes, and facility of construction are given especial prominence.Map Projections.By Arthur R. Hinks. Pp. xii + 126. (Cambridge: University Press, 1912.) Price 5s. net.