Maps and map-making; three lectures delivered under the auspices of the Royal geographical society (1910)
Reeves, Edward Ayearst, 1862-1945, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) · London, The Royal geographical society · leaf 114
ough dense forest. TheGold Coast, Lagos, and otherparts of West Africa are nowbeing surveyed in this manner.Fig. 95 is a photograph of a part of one of the sheets ofthe new Gold Coast Survey made in this way. In the early days of African exploration, as indeed ofother parts of the world, all that… … Fig. 94.—Theodolite Traversing inDense Forest. (From photograph supplied by Major P. IT.Fawcett, R.A.) 96 MAPS AND MAP-MAKING latitude, longitude and azimuth ; and although some of thesewere decidedly rough, it is surprising what good work wasfrequently carried out in this manner. At the…
Cartography · Surveying
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