The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-07
new WORLD MAP
TO Be MORE PERFECT
Geographer's Dream Will
Soon Be Realized-Eight
Nations Assist.

New York, May G-Work on the Am.
erican section of new world map. In
which every country will be drawn on
the same scale. that the relative size
and characteristics of each may be
shown. IL making rapid progress under
the direction of the United States ge-
illogical survey. Nine OF the fifty-two
sheets. each representing $1,000
square miles. have been completed.
and surveyors and photographers are
working on the others. which. II IL
said. will be issued rapidly. The work
ID part of an international movement
of nine OF the more important govern.
ments. each OF which has been allotted
\ part Of the worlds surface for map
ping. The scale of the map-one to
one million--gives II its name-the in
ternational one-rhillion map-and geo
graphers say that 1t Is the greatest
step forward ever taken In their
science and In cartography.
The new map will consist OF about
one thousand and five hundred sheets.
each about twenty by thirty inches.
representing a territory 24Ox36O miles.
4 degrees OF latitude and OF longi.
tude. At this rate the surface of the
earth would need 2.642 sections. But
the number Is reduced by the fact that
three-fourths OF the earth's surface is
covered with ocean, which Is not to
be mapped. except where there are
Islands. The completed map will be
$50 feet long by IS feet high.
Tho plan for uniform map of the
world. which has long been necessity
% geographers. dates back eighteen
years. and It is to Professor Albrecht
Penck. then professor of geography In
the University of Vienna, now of the
University OF Berlin. that most credit
IL due for the undertaking, according
TO Herman Gaunt. OF the United States
geographical survey. who outlined, a
few days ago. the story OF the great
work.
"The trouble with most maps" said
Mr.. Gaunt. lis that no two arc on the
same scale. Even in the United States
u ID only within a comparatively few
years that the government has under
taken a uniform map OF the whole
country. while those of foreign coun-
tries for purposes OF comparison were
all on different scales. The proposal
for an international map on a single
scale. and that to 100000. dates
back to 1891, when Professor Penck
placed the idea before the Information.
III geographical congress In Its SEES
sion In Berne. Switzerland. The dele
gates realised the difficulties caused
BY various maps and appreciated the
value of one that would be uniform.
A committee Of twenty delegates, rep
resenting ten countries. was appoint
ID. but It's size made II unwieldy and
. subcommittee Of three was appoint
ed.
Agreeing on Points.
"This subcommittee. headed by Ed
ward Brueckner. professor of geogra-
ply In the University of Berne. stud
led the question and reported in 1895
to the sixth geographical congress in
London. Its report outlines the
points on which the nations should
agree. a. catographers Of different
countries used different methods Of
showing the earth's physical features"
Nothing was done at this congress
beyond accepting the report, but the
Seventh congress In Berlin. In 1899, as
complishcd nothing owing to the re-
fusal OF some delegates to accept the
French demand that Paris should be
used ~ the basis Of meridians. and the
refusal Of the English to accept the
metric system. Mr.. Gaunt continued:
"Between this congress and the
eighth. held In Washington. in 1904.
France. German and Great Britain he'd
prepared maps separately on several
countries all on the scale of I to L.
10000. and Prof. Penck used their diff.
scrences 40 the basis of his argument
tor one that would be uniform. He
showed that even with these different
maps one was able for the first time
70 make an intelligen comparison of