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 |
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| 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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