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Ordinance survey was the initial |
primary method of mapping |
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Survey of Highlands of Scotland important during what year and why |
1747-52 , revolts being a common occurrence |
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After the success of highland survey, gov decided what? |
it must be done for rest of Britain |
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In 1770s Roy set up what? |
training school for officers |
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In 1799 staff college founded, what did it teach |
taught strategy, tactics and topography |
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Irish survey completed by 1836 by who |
Maj. Thomas Colby @ 1:10,560 / 6 inch: 1mile |
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All mapping so far for what use |
all military use not recreational |
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how many years deciding scales |
20 years, final decision in 1858 |
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The expanding empire made what difficult |
making boundaries - e.g. boundary between chile and argentina |
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who were involved in boundary survey across globe |
royal engineers |
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Survey of western Palestine |
Funded by Palestine exploration fund Supposedly to provide support for studies of the geography of the bible Invaluable as a support to military campaigns. |
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what began in 1833 |
Terra incognita - scramble of Africa |
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What war increased british involvement in mapping africa |
Boer war |
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early 20th century time was spend |
putting efforts into preparing for next european war |
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WW1 brought about development in what land analysis |
terrain analysis |
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what error was made initially when mapping WW1 |
thought to be a rapid moving war however it was a stagnant war - meaning large scale maps for specific areas |
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Geology maps need in WW1 for what |
digging trenches and bore holeing for fresh water. |
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to shoot at targets, soldiers had to rely on what? |
surveys and maps |
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surveys were conducted where |
on the battlefield |
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what is sound ranging |
difference between flash and bang of shell fire gave approx distance |
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what form of photos were used during WW1 maps |
Aerial photography |
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by the end of war the amount of men used in surveying had grown to |
5000, double the original |
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Topographic maps of regions in WW1 ranged how far and took till when to complete |
12,000 square miles mapped well into 1916 to complete |
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variety of scales of WW1 maps including... |
1:10,000 1:20,000 and 1:40,000 |
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what three specialist maps where produced |
tank corps published ground suitability maps dugout suitability maps geological mapping |
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Key source for specialist mapping was what ? |
aerial photography |