Cartographic Accuracy Essay

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I realize that there are some spelling mistakes and some of the 16xx terms aren't quite right but hey, that’s what this kinda of peer review is for. Right and yes its still incomplete.. Essay on "Cartographic Accuracy" Abstract: With the arrival of Grantville in 1631, among the host of things that came with it was a penchant for accuracy by the up-timers. This penchant has been seen in most of the goings on of the town and its people and has begun to carry over to the local down-timers that have come to expect the near wondrous measurements demonstrated by the up-timers. Maps are no exception the majority of the maps that would have come through with Grantville are mostly large scale maps (i.e. greater than 1:1,000,000). These maps can be found in the Goodes World Atlas, the Rand McNally Atlas and the various maps found in the many encyclopedias in the town. Another series of maps, those of National Geographic, also fall in this category. These large well-made maps are most easily compared to the work of Mercator and Anders Bureus. These maps generally define what large scale maps should be to the majority of the worlds populace. They are almost unusable for the purposes of Grantville. The Atlas's of Goodes and McNally are equally of little use for the common use of the people of Grantville or its leaders. Equally important is the equipment that has been brought back with them. Transits, stadia rods, tapes, and surveyor levels pretty much round out the available equipment. Ability and knowledge In the universe of 16xx there exist a small but able group of cartographers. These people are scattered throughout the nations of Europe and are mainly involved in creating large scale maps of various nations and coastlines. By today's standards and the standards of the up-timers these maps are pitiful. That is not say that there are not

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