Sentence examples for drawing up a map from inspiring English sources

When drawing up a map, a cartographer must choose between zenithal, gnomonic, stereographic, orthographic, globular, conical, cylindrical or sinusoidal modes of projection — each of which brings with it as many disadvantages as benefits.

Develop a plan of attack by drawing up a map of places to visit in a particular order.

In his essay "The Precession of Simulacra," the French savant Jean Baudrillard recalls the story by Jorge Luis Borges in which the Empire's cartographers spend years drawing up a map so detailed that when it is done it covers exactly the territory of the Empire, and imperial decline is plotted by the fraying of the map until only a few shreds remain.

I've taken the liberty of drawing up a map and I've taken a StreetView photo of Satan's apartment, pointing out some interesting information.

They also drew up a map of their area of confinement with a view to escape.

Kazakov headed a commission (1800 04) that drew up a map of Moscow showing the facades of its buildings.

He proposed institutions for regulating the poor and, to facilitate this, he drew up a map of what he called Pauperland.

Alex Kalman has drawn up a map that divides America into "states" sized according to foreign countries' respective holdings of U.S. Treasury Securities ("Mainland China" looms largest).

No More Deaths, a humanitarian group, has drawn up a map of migration routes based on how much water and food disappears.

9.35am BST My colleague Paddy Allen has drawn up a map showing the presence of Isis in Iraq and some of the current key battle grounds including Kirkuk and Dhuluiyah.

He has drawn up a map showing that while most Native American candidates come from states with large Native American populations, such as Alaska, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Montana, Native Americans are also in races in Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, Kentucky, Oregon and many other states.