| C.O. Nelson, MOUNTAIN CARTOGRAPHY IN THE ARGENTINIAN MOUNTAIN |
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Geographia Technica, Special Issue, 2010, pp. 96 - 103 MOUNTAIN CARTOGRAPHY IN THE ARGENTINIAN MOUNTAINCarlos Osvaldo NELSONABSTRACT: This article presents the different mountain chains that exist in Argentina. Then taking the
most important of these, “Cordillera de los Andes”, and dividing the country into regions, a
brief description, mentioning the highest peaks in each of them. Then, the different types of
mountain cartography and the most important cartographic national agencies and privates
companies that are dedicated to make cartography on the mountain areas, making a
description the main characteristics of its cartographic products, especially how is
represented the relief. Also we can see in which format there are available products. There
are some pictures of different mountain cartographies and in them you can see the
differences and similarities between them. We present the problems that currently have the
NGI, the last changes and future projects. Accompanies this article an Argentina’s map with
the cartographic coverage on 1:50,000 and 1:100,000 scales and in what format are they
available. Finally, a list of email addresses and Website addresses of each of these
companies and cartographic agencies. |
