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Source Description
Published by the U.S. Army Map Service, the map series of which this map of Ireland is a part, had its origins in an ambitious project called the International Map of the World. The idea, conceived by German geographer Albrecht Penck, was to create a series of 2,500 topographic map sheets that would cover the planet, all in the same scale of 1 centimeter equals 10 kilometers (or 1:1,000,000). In 1913, an international conference established standards and practices for the project, giving each participating country responsibility for creating its own maps. Although the project was eventually taken over by the United Nations, funding and international enthusiasm soon waned. After World War II, several countries (including the United States and the United Kingdom) published their own world map series at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
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Document identity
localId
x633f9579
label
Dublin
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633f9579
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Dublin
description
Published by the U.S. Army Map Service, the map series of which this map of Ireland is a part, had its origins in an ambitious project called the International Map of the World. The idea, conceived by German geographer Albrecht Penck, was to create a series of 2,500 topographic map sheets that would cover the planet, all in the same scale of 1 centimeter equals 10 kilometers (or 1:1,000,000). In 1913, an international conference established standards and practices for the project, giving each participating country responsibility for creating its own maps. Although the project was eventually taken over by the United Nations, funding and international enthusiasm soon waned. After World War II, several countries (including the United States and the United Kingdom) published their own world map series at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
date
["1956"]
year
1956
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000158
creators
Great Britain. Directorate of Military Survey
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Ireland--Maps, Topographic
Northern Ireland--Maps, Topographic
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Ireland
Northern Ireland
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Ireland
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
Army Map Service
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
53
schema:longitude
-8
extent
1 map : col. ; 51 x 82 cm.
notes
Relief shown by contours, altitude tints, and spot heights.
Heights are in meters.
"Refer to this map as: Sheet NN 29 & PTS N 30, M 29 & 30, series 1301."
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL)
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no
dcId
x633f9579
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map
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1
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0
type
photo
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ea32db126e339d3c