Miya Cartographer

Miya Cartographers surveyed the lands of the Empire in order to create maps that properly delineated the various holdings of the clans. They had standing authority to travel as they saw fit, regardless of clan or other boundaries. Cartographers often traveled to remote, inhospitable, and largely uninhabited parts of the Empire to make their observations and measurements. They must be self-sufficient, but frequently traveled with groups of retainers and yōjimbō. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, pp. 229, 232
== Maps of Rokugan ==
As Rokugan lacked a system of coordinates or other standardized
method of recording location, cartographers used a variety of methods to measure distance and direction accurately, including pacing out distances and using prominent landscape features. They also used methods common to maritime navigation, such as noting the positions of stars, to check and confirm their measurements. As a result, Rokugani maps more closely resembled works of art than exacting, scaled charts, and they may incorporated a considerable amount of variability. The Imperial capital, Otosan Uchi, was used as the official origin point of all Imperial cartographic measurements. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 232
== Known Technique ==
* Well Traveled
== See also ==
* Miya Cartographer/Meta
Category:Schools of the Imperial Houses (TCG)