The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-01
CONSTRUCTION OF
new WORLD MAP
Uniform Plan and Scale to Be
Followed In the Work.
SIXTEEN MILES TO THE INCH.

Technical Arrangements Made at In
ternationaI Conference In London--AlI
Great Nations Represented and Each
Government Expected to Help-Spe-
ciai Symbols to Be Used.
| An international conference has re-
Gently been sitting in London for the
| purpose of making the technical ar
raugements for the construction of a
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 conference, with the
request that they proceed as speedily
as convenient to prepare maps of their
own territory conforming to the plar
and scale adopted by the conference.
All of the great European nations,
the United States, Canada, Egypt, In
dia and Japan were represented at the
conference. The delegates from the
United States were Bailey Willis, geol-
ogist, and ]. S. Kubel, chief engrav-
er, of the geological survey The scien-
| titic questions involved in the PROPOSE
ton were all considered and reported
upon by subcommittee. They were
discussed and adopted after modifca-
ton in some 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 construct a sample
! sheet on the lines laid down as a speci-
men and publish the details agreed
upon by the conference in several Ian
guages so that they may be under
stood.
Special Symbols For Rivers and Roads.
The International map viii be what
is known as hypsometric map, and
the contour lines will be drawn in
brown at intervals of 100 meters or in
decimal multiples or submultiples of
that measure. The interval of 100 me-
tiers will be used up to a certain ald-
tude, 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
I 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 certain
altitude, where the brown merges into
other tints, attitudes above 1000 me-
ters being left white.
The sea viii be shown by a blue
tint, increasing in darkness according
to depth. All other water will be in
| blue, special symbols being used to in
dictate rivers, the navigability of riv-
I ers Instructions of various kinds, salt
and fresh marshes.
There will be special symbols for
( main and secondary roads, for rail-
ways, teeeraphs, postoffices, bound
aries international and provinciaD and
/ towns Of varying Importance. The
i spelling of place names in independ-
] emit countries will be that in use by
/ the countries, while in the case of a
/ colony protectorate OF, possession it
/ will be that of the governing country.
/ international Number on Each Sheet.
4 a separate sheet win be published
\ containing complete list of all the
I symbols used, while the most impor-
/ tant symbols will be shown on the
margin of each sheet
Each sheet will bear an international
number and also the name of the most
4 important place or feature on the
sheet, so that in whatever country or
! language it may be issued it can At
once be ordered by its number and
name The numbering starts from lSC
! degrees east or west of Greenwich,
/ and the sheets are numbered from
/ to 60, increasing in an easterly di-
rection The zones extending from
the equator ON each side to IS degrees
/ north or south latitude win be given
\ letters from \ to V. The polar areas
will be lettered z, preceded by the
word north or south. Thus each sheet
can be identified by its number and
letter
Each government is expected to dc
it's share of the work, and the more
important nations will divide III
among themselves the rest of the la
Dor
Division Of Expenses.
The expense of the map will be paid
by the respective governments, by geo
graphical societies and other oiiicial
and unofficial organizations, and eacl
government will adopt its own plan Of
distributing the results of its work Il
the public. 1t is not necessary for any
| person to have the entire map unless
desired. The sheets for each country
will be entirely independent and the
projection adopted will permit every
sheet to fit exactly together with eacE
of the four sheets adjoining its foul
sides. These conditions are made pos
sible by adopting what is known as {
modified polyconic projection that is
by making it a plane instead Of 9
spherical surface.
All of the sheets of the United State;
pasted together, not including Alaska
will make map of about eighteen fee
east and west and about twelve fee
north and south William Il. Curtis II
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