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Volume 1 (1990-1992)
Note

Mahdi Modiri

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 2-5

Abstract
  Since thousands of years ago, human’s activities on the earth have been accompanied by thoughts concerning where to be and where to go, how to move and in which direction. Living in nature and thinking about land and its various forms drove people to thought; human beings had to understand their ...  Read More

A Passing Look at Global Geopolitics of the Recent Past Two Centuries - Part I

Akbar Torkan

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 6-10

Abstract
  The following is the first part of an excerpt from the speeches by the Minister of Defense and Support of the Armed Forces, which was addressed during the year 1990 as a comprehensive overview of the world’s developments of the past two-hundred years. The second part will be presented in the next ...  Read More

Geography and its Applications - Part IV

Mohammad Hasan Ganji

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 11-13

Abstract
  In the previous issue, we discussed on the movements of the Earth, but we went a little astray from our main point due to some considerations, and expressed a brief account of the Solar System, which seemed necessary to anyone interested in geography. In this issue, we follow our story about the Earth's ...  Read More

GPS in Surveying - Part II

Hasan Shamsi

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 14-18

Abstract
  Space-Based Positioning was begun and followed up since 1960 by the U.S. government and NASA. One of these early and highly successful systems of positioning was the Transit satellte. This satellite, since its launch in 1967 for commercial aims, has also gained applications in surveying and geodesy, ...  Read More

A Few Points on Correct Utilization of the Least Squares Methods

Alireza Azmudeh Ardalaan

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 20-29

Abstract
  Today, all surveyors know that it is not possible to measure a length or angle without error. To establish mathematical relations governing observations, it is necessary to perform adjustment. One of the available methods for distributing errors is the least squares method. Unfortunately, many colleagues ...  Read More

Plate Tectonics and the Mechanism of Earthquake Phenomena

Ebadollah Ghanbari

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 30-33

Abstract
  The full acceptance of the notion of planar tectonics over the last 20 years has led to justification of many of the most complex geological problems that had often been associated with great difficulties. In general, earthquake movements in Iran, which are closely connected with the reoccurrence of ...  Read More

Planning New Cities: A Look at Locating Process of the New City of Sahand

Karim Hoseinzadeh Dalir

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 34-37

Abstract
  After the Industrial Revolution, urban and other residential areas’ planning became significantly important. With rapid growth of population and expansion of cities, more and more activities were undertaken to prepare and develop suitable models for distribution of urban population. Urban planners ...  Read More

How Human Set Foot on America

Abdalkarim Gharib

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 38-41

Abstract
  Scientists who have studied about American Continent believe that the first inhabitants of the New World have migrated there from Asia. Native Americans are one of the great "Mongolian" branches. This has been proved by anthropological and raciological studies as well as study of the artistic works ...  Read More

Application of Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics in Improving Utilization of Maps

Gholamhosein Sheikh-al-Eslami

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 42-46

Abstract
  The present report is essentially a summary of a three-dimensional-display computer system design project. This set of computer programs take information extracted from the contour curve as input, and their output is three dimensional pictures of the region from different angles. This project has been ...  Read More

How Preparation and Publication of Geographic Maps Began

Hushang Sane'ei

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 48-53

Abstract
  In the year 1477, in the city of Bologna (Italy), for the first time, a Geographic Atlas, consisting of twenty-seven maps prepared by Claudius Ptolemy was published. With the information available, it seems that this atlas has been the oldest publication of its kind. Ptolemy, a scientist and astronomer ...  Read More

Characteristics of Iran's Natural Environment

Hasan Ahmadi

Volume 2, Issue 5 , August 1992, Pages 54-63

Abstract
  It should be noted that there is a correlation between different natural factors, so that each region is characterized by its specific features as a climatological unit or bioclimatic region formed by various morphopedologic environments, and each containing a special plant species. The use of natural ...  Read More