Urbano Monte’S Planisphere

In Nov 2017 the David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University obtained i of solely ii manuscript copies of Urbano Monte's Planisphere. This huge map is i of the earliest large consummate maps of the world.

The master copy manuscript map is inward the assort of a sixty canvas atlas. Urbano Monte intended for the sheets to last joined together to exercise i real large 10 human foot map. The David Rumsey Map Collection has achieved that destination past times digitizing all sixty sheets in addition to creating a digital interactive map of Urbano Monte's Planisphere.

Monte himself suggested that a cardinal pin last added to the marrow of the map in addition to thus that users could rotate the map land exploring the atlas. The digital interactive version of the map does include a rotation button, which hateful you lot tin spin the map only about its cardinal pivot, every bit Urbano Monte intended.

Urbano Monte's Planisphere uses a due north polar azimuthal projection. This projection places the North Pole at the marrow of the map. Modern users, to a greater extent than accustomed to Google Maps, are used to due north beingness at the overstep of the map in addition to mightiness combat alongside this projection. Luckily for them Visionscarto has used the map tiles from the David Rumsey interactive map to exercise a tool for viewing Urbano Monte's Planisphere using unlike map projections.

Urbano Monte World Map Reprojections. includes 21 unlike map projections. It fifty-fifty includes everyone's favorite Mercator projection, which agency you lot tin brand straight comparisons alongside Google Maps if you lot in addition to thus wish.