TypePhotographDate1982CollectionVice-Chancellor's Office PhotographsDescriptionTwo images on the same paper; black and white orthographic projections of the globe from an astronaut's perspective from orbit. A paragraph of text was taped to this item: "Written on the back: "Dr. Harper used the new University computer's plotting package to draw world maps or his lectures on the theory of map projections in the second-year geometry course. The system is, as yet, too inconvenient and time-consuming for the students to use themselves. It took as long to make the machine draw maps such as this one as to draw them by hand, but the results were much more precise, and changes or new projections can be incorporated in future much more easily." (From envelope 'Research - Science')SubjectGeography
