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The Influence of the Introduction of Western Mapping Technology to Recent Chinese Mapping Technology
Received date: 2015-06-24
Request revised date: 2015-08-26
Online published: 2016-01-10
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At the end of the 16th century, western cartography technology was introduced to China. AT this moment, the relatively independent traditional Chinese cartography was influenced by the western country. Until the formation of the Republic of China, western precise mapping technology had influenced the development of traditional Chinese cartography in many aspects, including the latitude and longitude control and the projective transformation. The main research direction of this paper is focusing on 3 historical periods of China, including the end of Ming Dynasty, the beginning of Qing Dynasty and the end of Qing Dynasty, and emphatically analyzing the background of western cartography technology at every period. Under its influence, some map works emerged. The changes of traditional Chinese cartography are summarized. At first, the traditional Chinese cartography developed independently and resisted western cartography. But afterwards, the former fully absorbed the latter. Finally, the traditional cartography which was transformed from the old method to the new method built up the modern cartography theory which meets the development demand of China. Furthermore, this paper summarized the corresponding historical experience, hoping to illuminate the mapping personnel nowadays.
Key words: cartography; western missionaries; coordinate; impact analysis
QIAO Wei , MA Chenyan , TAN Chunhong . The Influence of the Introduction of Western Mapping Technology to Recent Chinese Mapping Technology[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2016 , 18(1) : 88 -95 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1047.2016.00088
Fig. 1 Stone Map illustrating the Han people and minorities of the Song Dynasty图1 华夷图 |
Fig. 2 World map by G Mercator图2 墨卡托绘制的世界地图 |
Fig. 3 Great Universal Geographic Map图3 坤舆万国全图 |
Fig. 4 Map of China in the Kangxi Reign图4 《皇舆全览图》 |
Fig. 5 The Hubei Province in China Provincial Map图5 《中国分省新图》湖北省部分 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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