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The most common method to use in a geohistorical approach is likely the analysis of contemporary and historical maps. This chapter covers the very fundamentals of specifying the location of features in geographic space using a map as the construct. Cartographical skills are useful, not only to analyze cartographic products from the past, but also to better incorporate GIS. Today, GIS skills are essential in performing an analytical integration of geospatial data from different sources in a georeferenced platform, thus allowing diachronic and multiscalar investigations. For these reasons, this chapter presents the fundamental concepts and techniques in cartography, making the scholar aware of general mapping principles and practice useful in producing static maps, especially in GIS. Such cartographic principles are essential in the presentation of research. The information provided here is also fundamental to the GIS methods presented in Chap. 6.
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A rhumb line is an arc line crossing all meridians of longitude at the same angle or, in other words, a path with constant bearing as measured relative to magnetic north.
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Piovan, S.E. (2020). Principles and Techniques of Cartography. In: The Geohistorical Approach. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42439-8_3
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