Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-23
NEW MAP Of WORLD
Uniform Plan and Scale to Be
Followed.
SIXTEEN MILES TO INCH
Arrangements Made at international
Conference in London.
EACH GOVERNMENT TO HELP
Table Of Postal Swings Banks and
Statistics Showing Number
Of Depositors.

By WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Written for The star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
An international conference has re-
Gently been sitting in London for the
purpose OF making the technical arrange
ments for the construction of new
map OF the world on the uniform plan
and scale of one to one million. which
is equal to sixteen miles to the inch.
These arrangements have been concluded
and will be communicated officially by
the British foreign Office through its
diplomatic agencies to all Of the civilized
governments of the world, including those
which were not represented at the con-
ference, with the request that they pro-
coed as speedily as convenient to prepare
maps of their own territory conforming
to the plan and scale adopted by the con-
ference.
All of the great European nations the
Japan were Represented at the confer
ence. The delegates from the United
States were Bailey Willis, geologist, and
J. s. Kubel, chief engraver. OF the geo.
logical survey. Those gentlemen. with
Henry Gannett and r. B. Marshall. are
the members of the American committee
In charge, of the work. The scientific
questions involved in the proposition
were all considered and reported upon by
subcommittee: they were discussed and
cases, and the plan is now complete. 1t
remains only to take the practical steps
necessary to carry it into effect, and the
British government has undertaken to
down as a specimen, and publish the de-
tails agreed upon by the conference in
several languages so that they may De
understood.
Originator Of the Plan.
The proposition was originally made
several years ago by Albrecht Penck.
professor of geography in the University
of Berlin, at q meeting Of the Inter-
national Geographic Congress. and IL has
been discussed at several meetings OF that
body since. The provisional plan was
adopted at the Geneva conference two
years ago, and it only remained to decide
upon certain technical details which were
submitted to the international conference
recently sitting at the foreign office in
London
The International map will be what is
known as a hypsometric map. and the
contour lines will be drawn In brown at
intervals Of 100 meters or In decimal null
tiples or submultiples Of that measure.
The interval of 100 meters will be used up
to certain altitude, beyond which the
interval for a further altitude will be 200
meters, the interval increasing at certain
stages up to 1000 meters and above. The
spaces between the contours will be tinted
in green for the lower attitudes, and then
In different shades Of brown, increasing
in darkness up to a certain altitude.
where the brown merges into other tints.
attitudes above 1000 meters being left
white. Certain important features, such
as canyons, gorges. etc., which cannot
be represented by this hypsometric
method. may be indicated by shading,
with the light falling vertically or OBJ
liquely, as is best calculated to bring out
the features.
The sea will be shown by a blue tint,
increasing in darkness according to depth.
All other water will be In blue. special
symbols being used to indicate rivers per-
ennial. non-perennial and unsurveyed, the
navieability of rivers, distractions OF
various kinds, salt and fresh marshes.