Timeline for How were maps drawn and printed in the late 19th-early 20th centuries?
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| Jan 21, 2019 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackHistory/status/1087273819230928896 | ||
| Jan 18, 2019 at 19:54 | comment | added | ed.hank | @derobert - Bravo! a pantograph is exactly the name of it. Thanks for refreshing my old memory! | |
| Jan 18, 2019 at 18:59 | comment | added | derobert | @ed.hank Sounds like you're describing a pantograph. OP may also be interested in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_duplicating_processes (and maybe mimeograph considering the time period) | |
| Jan 16, 2019 at 19:35 | comment | added | ed.hank | Many times they simply traced the map by overlaying a blank sheet on top of the original and maybe putting a light source behind it. There was also a tool, i cant remember the name of it, it had spots one for the original map and one for a blank piece of paper. As you traced over the lines on the map, a mechanical arm traced your exact movements onto the blank paper which created the map. As far as data collection it could be any number of ways, from surveys done with a theodolite to a ship captain using dead reckoning and crude compass/sextant, it all depended. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 10:17 | comment | added | Bregalad | I think you're more asking how data was collected in order to make the map (especially detailed topographic data) - rather than how they are printed. Am I correct ? | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 4:39 | history | edited | sempaiscuba |
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| Jan 15, 2019 at 4:13 | answer | added | Alex | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 3:32 | comment | added | Dr. Shmuel | And what about before then? | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 3:25 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 15, 2019 at 3:21 | history | asked | Rex | CC BY-SA 4.0 |