The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-14
MAP OF THE WORLD.
First Sheet Issued of v. S. Section Of
MilIionth Scale Map.


MilIionth Scale Map.
The inst sheet OF the United States
! portion of the international map of the
world has just been issued by the
! United States Geological Survey and
! includes Rhode Island and portions of
/ New York, Connecticut, Massachu-
sets New Hampshire, Maine and No
va Scotia. This world map recently
| undertaken by agreement among the
leading nations. is being prepared on
the scale of l to 1000, 000-that is
linear inch on the map represents L.
100000 inches, or nearly 16 miles ON
the earths surface. The map is to
consist of about 1.500 sheets covering
all the land areas of the world, each
sheet representing 4 degrees of lati-
tude and degrees of longitude. ! he
sheets will be numbered according to
a scheme covering the whole world.
and the symbols indicating the natur-
al features and the works of man will
be uniform on all the sheets. 1t has
been the dream OF gCographcrs for
many years To have an international
map scientifically constructed on
uniform scale, and the work is now
well under way. The maps at present
available, printed on all sorts of scales.
in geograr hies and ALIASES, where the
most important areas are allotted the
greatest space. inevitably lead To mis-
conceptions as To the relative size of
the different countries. Thus il may
not be generally realized that the
area of Scotland and Ireland together
is less than that of any one of our
five largest states; or that Texas is
much larger than France; or that
the new states Of New Mexico anC
Arizona are each larger than the com
bined areas of the Balkan countries of
Bulgaria, Roumania Servia, and Mon
tenegro now engaged in war with Tur-
key; or that Argentina is more than
three times the size of the thirteen
original states with an international
map ON a uniform scale the study of
comparative geography will become
far more fascinating and instructive.
Printed in Six Coors.
Nv Sllffl JUST lSSItN. WHICH Is
numpcred North * 10" and known as
the Boston sheet, is printed i'm six
colors and shows all the principal eli
les and towns railroads, main wagon
roads. and other works of man, and
the rivers. lakes, and other water
features. The different depths of the
ocean are denoted by contour lines.
of depth curves" ana various shades
of blue, and the relief, or attitudes of
all parts of the land surface, 10y con-
tour lines and color graduatious. from
pale green to brown. a different tint
being used for each 100 meters of
altitude. The sheets for the com
rlctcd milionth map of the world
would If combined cover an area abuu;
$50 feet by - feet or a globe 40 feet
I'm diameter; the United States por-
ton would be about rs feet in wiGth,
very large wall map. The Boston sheet
is "a by % inches and this will he
the size of most of the United States
sheets. The maps of areas at the far
north covering degrees of longitude
will of course be much narrower than
those of areas covering degrees AT
the equator.
At tie present rate of progress the
United States portion of the interna-
tional map should be finished within
eight or ten years. II will be by far
the best map of the country i'm exist
ence.
Need Of an Accurate Map.
There Is, in fact, no very accurate
map of the United states as whole
although the Geological Survey pub
fishes a base map about Z feet In
width and the General Land Office has
issued y similar map. Most of the
commercial maps. though pretty to
look upon. are fun of gross errors
For superficial study OF the coun-
try the ordinary maps may serve the
purpose, but when one finds a town 81
or miles out of position with refer.
ence to "A railroad or some other
town he realizes that the present-day
geography or atlas map is anything
but accurate
The Geological Survey has topo-
graphically mapped in great detail
more than one-third Of the United
States. but these maps are mostly on
a scale of | mile or . miles to the
inch and are too large for ordinary
comparative purposes The BOSTON
sheet OF the millionth- scale map Is "a
very accurate map and is a beautiful