How in the dayts before cameras and airplaines, did they know what shape a counrty was?
Ariel S asked:
They have the same maps, as we do for the shapes of some counties, how did they know what shape they were without getting up into the air?
Vernon
They have the same maps, as we do for the shapes of some counties, how did they know what shape they were without getting up into the air?
Vernon
December 26th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Surveyed them on the ground using measurements and theodolite
December 27th, 2008 at 9:45 am
They used hot air balloons.
December 29th, 2008 at 12:44 am
The borders are and plot them on map.
December 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
The maps arent that accurate.
January 1st, 2009 at 1:01 pm
The whole of the united kingdom at 1 to mile was produced by the mathematical system by this system by the.
The 1760s and httpenwikipediaorgwikiordnance_survey.