GregCocks · @GregCocks
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Maps, Spatial Data And Science – 125+ Years Of Recognised Need
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https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/john-wesley-powell
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“A Government cannot do any scientific work of more value to the people at large than by causing the construction of proper topographic maps of the country.”
~ John Wesley Powell, second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1881 – 1894)
The formats, data collection methods, data availability, science and so much more has changed incredibly in the last 125+ years - but this observation is still so very true for the government, industry, non-profits and so much more…
#GIS #spatial #mapping #history #change #maps #science #appliedscience #maps #spatialdata #spatialanalysis #history #data #publicdata #opendata #openaccess #valuetothepublic #topomaps
#USGS
#gis #spatial #mapping #history #change #Maps #science #appliedscience #spatialdata #spatialanalysis #data #publicdata #opendata #openaccess #valuetothepublic #topomaps #usgs
GregCocks · @GregCocks
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The things you find in old buildings (810, DFC)
#mapping #scribing #mapmaking #historic #historicmaps #offsetprinting #cartography #topomaps #instrumentation #byhand #USGS
#mapping #scribing #mapmaking #historic #historicmaps #offsetprinting #cartography #topomaps #instrumentation #byhand #usgs