globe
Let an agent explain globes and their kinds, relay history, construction and cartographic principles from cartography sources, describe virtual globes, and distinguish globes from flat maps, planetaria, armillary spheres and the other senses of the word globe.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a globe is.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a globe, and how do terrestrial, celestial, pocket, monumental and virtual globes differ from flat maps and planetaria? definition
- Is the question about globes as objects, virtual globes or another sense? boundary
Principles
Cartographic principles.
Principles
Principles.
- Why do globes avoid projection distortion, and how are gores printed and applied? definition
- Which entry fits map projection? action
History History.
Early
Early globes.
Early
Early.
- How did globes develop from ancient celestial globes through Behaim to the golden age of globe making? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Monumental
Monumental globes.
Monumental
Monumental.
- What are notable monumental globes such as the Mapparium and Unisphere? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Virtual Virtual globes.
Software
Software.
Software
Software.
- How do virtual globes such as Google Earth work, and what was Terravision? provenance
- Which entry fits virtual globe? action
Uses
Uses.
Uses
Uses.
- How are virtual globes used in science, planning and education? provenance
- Which entry fits geographic information system? action
Context Making and collecting.
Making
Globe making.
Making
Making.
- How are globes manufactured today and by hand? provenance
- Which entry fits globe making? action
Collecting
Collecting.
Collecting
Collecting.
- How are antique globes collected and conserved? provenance
- Which entry fits antique map collecting? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- virtual globe, Terravision, monumental globe, celestial globe, terrestrial globe, pocket globe, Mars globe, lunar globe
What it is Filled
A spherical model of the Earth, of another body or of the celestial sphere, from terrestrial and celestial globes made since antiquity through pocket globes and monumental globes such as the Mapparium and the Unisphere to virtual globes such as Google Earth and its precursor Terravision; globes show shapes and distances without the distortion of flat maps and are used in education, navigation history and display.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain globes and their kinds, relay history, construction and cartographic principles from cartography sources, describe virtual globes, and distinguish globes from flat maps, planetaria, armillary spheres and the other senses of the word globe.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Spherical model
- No projection distortion
- Physical and virtual
- Educational and decorative
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present an old globe's borders as current.
- Confuse a physical globe with a virtual globe or a celestial globe.
- Damage or handle historic globes outside the custodians' rules.
- Use a globe's depiction to support a disputed territorial claim as fact.
Only with a human decision
- Restoring or conserving a historic globe.
May
- Describe globes, their history and makers from museum and cartographic sources.
- Note when a globe's borders and names reflect an earlier date.
Moral aspects Filled
- Maps and globes have shown disputed borders that carry political weight.
- Historic globes are fragile cultural heritage.
Who is affected
- Museums and collectors
- Students
- People in disputed territories
Owners Filled
Steward
The person or institution that keeps the globe.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1979154 - registry parent class
- Q4006 - registry parent class
related
- map - in registry terms
- model - in registry terms
- map projection - which flattens the sphere
- Erdapfel - the Behaim globe
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.globe
- Wikidata: Q133792 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133792)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- oldest surviving terrestrial globe: Behaim, 1492 note
- Unisphere diameter: 37 m - largest globe
- Google Earth launched: 2005 year
- Terravision: 1994 year - ART+COM
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Spherical model of Earth or sky
- Terrestrial, celestial, pocket and monumental globes, virtual globes, Terravision
- Flat maps distort; planetaria project the sky; armillary spheres show rings; the globe as the world is figurative
- A sphere printed with a map, mounted on a stand.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds and principles
- relay history and construction
- describe virtual globes
- distinguish related objects
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Outdated borders on old globes
- Confusing globe senses
- Registry aliases mixing physical and virtual globes
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation; cartographic conventions
Context of use required Filled
- Representing the Earth or sky in three dimensions.
- terrestrial globes
- celestial globes
- pocket globes
- monumental and giant globes
- planetary and lunar globes
- virtual globes such as Google Earth and Terravision
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q133792: globe - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Globe - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should virtual globe and celestial globe be separate primary entries?
- How should cartography sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming kinds and a specific software; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q133792/spec.json