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Why can't Indian's access maps for 43 per cent of their country?

DTE, Down To Earth (2004) Why can't Indian's access maps for 43 per cent of their country? Down To Earth, Vol.13 (14). p. 27. ISSN 0971-8079

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Abstract

When the Survey of India (SoI) was set up 237 years ago, in Dehradun, map making was akin to pure art. It required steady hands and a keen eye, and demanded months, at times years, of painstaking labour. The first maps were made on parchment using brushes. The actual mapping of the land was an arduous process -- it involved iron chains (as a standardised unit of measure), and large theodolites (survey instruments which measure vertical and horizontal angles) weighing as much as 500 kilogrammes.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: Maps, India, Technology, Satellite, Governmentality
Subjects: Right to Resources
Depositing User: Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited: 02 Feb 2022 07:22
Last Modified: 23 May 2022 04:02
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/10529

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