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Geodaisia - Modern Cartography, from Tadataka Ino to Remote Sensing
Intermediatheque
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Among the treasures of the University of Tokyo, there is the Medium-Sized Map of the Map of Great Japan’s Coastal Areas in eight volumes, based on Tadataka Ino’s (1745-1818) original measurements. Unfortunately the volume on the Kanto region is still lost and the map remains incomplete. Because of this, when digital image-processing techniques made rapid strides in the 1990s, a pioneering digitization was made. By replacing the lost volume on the Kanto region with another version of the Medium-Sized Ino Map, a digital reconstitution of the entire map was realized.
Now that digital image-processing techniques have become familiar, there has been a further accumulation digital data of the Large-Sized Ino Map, of various alternative versions of the Medium-Sized Ino Map, of historical preparatory sketches, as well as of the Government-Published Survey Map of Japan, which was produced on the basis of the aforementioned versions. As a result, comparative research on geodetic methodology, on mapping accuracy, on cartography and on transcription techniques has made significant progress.
This exhibition reconsiders the historical development of cartography, from modern mapping techniques after the Ino Map all the way to contemporary remote-sensing technologies, which have made possible digital maps based on aerial and satellite photography.
Now that digital image-processing techniques have become familiar, there has been a further accumulation digital data of the Large-Sized Ino Map, of various alternative versions of the Medium-Sized Ino Map, of historical preparatory sketches, as well as of the Government-Published Survey Map of Japan, which was produced on the basis of the aforementioned versions. As a result, comparative research on geodetic methodology, on mapping accuracy, on cartography and on transcription techniques has made significant progress.
This exhibition reconsiders the historical development of cartography, from modern mapping techniques after the Ino Map all the way to contemporary remote-sensing technologies, which have made possible digital maps based on aerial and satellite photography.
Schedule | Apr 14 (Fri) 2017-Sep 3 (Sun) 2017 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.intermediatheque.jp/en/schedule/view/id/IMT0138 | ||||
| Venue | Intermediatheque http://www.intermediatheque.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 2F, 3F JP Tower 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-7003 | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from the Marunouchi South exit of JR Tokyo Station, 2 minute walk from exit 4 at Nijubashimae Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||
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