data and context
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Presentation by Michael Dlugosch, Frantic.TRANSCRIPT
Data and Context (1)
Michael Dlugosch
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to navigate
from lat.:navis = “ship”ago = “do”
Michael Dlugosch
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1580: The first “Map Book”
Michael Dlugosch
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Data and Context (2)
Michael Dlugosch
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(1) [Title] B.C. 2348. THE DELUGE.
(2) [Approximate longitude] 48°E
(3) [Approximate latitude] 31°N
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Panoramafrom ancient gr.: πᾱν - “all” andὅραµα - “view”
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Data and Context (wrapup)
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(a) Data: Conventions matter more than objectivity.
(b) Data and Context are co-dependent.
(c) Context always requires an external reference.
(d) Statements about measurements require disclaimers.
(e) “Success criteria” is just another narrative.
(f) Ask questions about the context, not about the data.
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A final word about data
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Africa, area size: 29.800.000 sqkmGreenland, area size: 2.175.600 sqkm
Mercator, 16th century Peters, 20th century
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Thank you!
Michael Dlugosch, M.A.
Mail: [email protected]: scrutinizer20
gsm: +358 40 861 9337Blog: http://michael.westendintie.net
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Michael Dlugosch
Thursday, March 31, 2011
URL resources used for this pro bono presentation, held on March 30th, 2011during the Web Analytics Wednesday in Sanomatalo, Helsinki:
Abraham Ortelius: Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip., sl. 2, 6http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/25809/Septentrionalium_Regionum_Descrip/Ortelius.html
Large version:http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/enlarge/25809
Guntherus Ziner: schematic T and O map, 1472, sl. 4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T_and_O_map_Guntherus_Ziner_1472.jpg
Gerhard Mercator: Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, 1595 print, sl. 7http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/mercator.htm
Edward Quin: An Historic Atlas of the World, sl. 9, 10, 12, 13,14http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~686~70075?qvq=q:Quin,+Edward;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort,Pub_Date;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=1&trs=90
Latitude and Logitude of a Point, sl. 11http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html
Cylindrical projection, sl. 19http://www.boehmwanderkarten.de/kartographie/is_netze_cyl.html
Mercator projection vs. Peters projection, sl. 21http://www.kowoma.de/gps/geo/Projektionen.htm
Further references:++ appendix: Arctic inset as as vignette, drawn by Gerhard Mercator
http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geomag/nmp/images/mercator.gif
++ appendix: "No. 889: The First Atlas" by Prof. John H. Lienhard / University of Houston (TX)http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi889.htm
++ appendix: Inventio Fortunata (and Mercator's letter to John Dee)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventio_Fortunata
++ appendix: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Orteliushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatrum_Orbis_Terrarum
-- appendix: The Mercator projectionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection
++ appendix: Norbert Bolz, Am Ende der Gutenberg-Galaxis, München 1993This quote: p 101 (translated by MD, unapproved)
Michael Dlugosch
Thursday, March 31, 2011