Vertical version of the map was published in China issue of South China Sea Islands are no longer represented by illustrations | map | vertical map _ China News

Website Changsha June 24 electric (reporter Xie Li statements stars) reporter recently in Hunan map press understanding to, its and Hubei Province mapping learned common prepared of vertical version world terrain figure world knowledge map, Hunan map press independent draws of China terrain figure People's Republic of China map map has get national mapping geographic information Council of recognized, obtained trial figure,, and ISBN, and official published issued.

According to the Hunan map publishing house introduced vertical version of the People's Republic of China Atlas is the first large format full vertical version of the map. Sea and Islands and the Mainland for the same scale, South China Sea Islands are no longer expressed as illustrations. "It will make readers visually understand China at all, no more mistook national territories are divided into major and minor, consciousness of territory in favour of nationals and marine set up. "Hunan map publishing house editor Lei Yixun said.

In the People's Republic of China map, on the islands of the South China Sea Islands, reef and other geographic information mapped, enable people to better understand the dongsha islands of South China Sea Islands, Xisha, zhongsha and Nansha Islands. Map of Hainan Province, the Hainan Island in South China Sea Islands relationship between geography and administrative division became more clear.

Vertical version of the world map is a breakthrough of the traditional version of the map of the world, this means using a horizontal version of the map for more than 400 years is no longer "domination", is of epoch-making significance in the field of cartography. Overcomes the world's great maps of Antarctica and the Arctic Ocean on deformation defects, while the North-South direction also introduced a more intuitive, more clear blue waters.

Lei Yixun said that knowledge map of the world map in a terrain using digital elevation data generated, without artificial depiction of compositions. With the layering method, truly rugged closely the performance of the world's oceans.

(Edit: SN091)
14:38 on June 24, 2014 Xinhua NET