Data for: 'A Directory of Cartographic Inventors' and 'Patents and Cartographic Inventions'https://doi.org/10.5064/F6B7AR4JMonmonier, MarkQualitative Data Repository2020-01-212026-04-09T13:20:07Z<h3> Project Summary </h3> Supplementary data relating to the biographies and patents illustrated from the two books: <i>Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for Map History</i> and <i>A Directory of Cartographic Inventors</i> written by Mark Monmonier.<p> <br> These two titles focus on the cartographic inventors and the devices and technologies they created to making maps easier to use. The Patents book focuses on the patent process between the Patent Office clerks and the inventor exploring the correspondence between them during the description and review process before issuing a patent number. It also explores the patent as a publishing process of both property rights and as a scholarly publication. The Directory has biographical sketches of the inventors organized by genres of invention type.Social Sciencesmappinggeographymapsintellectual propertygeographic information systemsinventionscartographypatentsEnglishMonmonier, M., Atterberry, A. L., Fermin, K., Marlzolf, G. E., & Hamlin, M. (2018). A directory of cartographic inventors: Clever people who were awarded a US patent for a map-related device or method. SURFACE at Syracuse University., doi, 10.14305/bk.9781985690226, https://doi.org/10.14305/bk.9781985690226Monmonier, Mark. 2017. </i>Patents and Cartographic Inventions</i>. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan., isbn, 97833195103922020-01-21Monmonier, MarkPage, AmandaSchwartzman, Pauline2019-01-30coded qualitative dataStandard Access