Correct the Map Resolution

Country + Foreign Minister

Togo, Robert Dussey

Number of Votes

164

Votes against and abstentions

Vote against: USA
Abstain: Serbia, Moldova, Lithuania, Estonia and Ukraine

SpeakUp Africa and Africa No Filter

Orgs involved

Moky Makura

Exec director of Africa No Filter

Shape of Earth

Oblate Spheroid

Compromise Projections, examples

Balance distortions in area, shape, distance and direction without preserving any one exactly

E.g. Robinson, Winkel Tripel

Conformal Projections

Preserve angles and shapes

E.g. mercator

Mercator

Cylindrical and conformal
1569

Gerardus Mercator

1569- Mercator Projection
Flemish Geographer and Cartographer

Stretching of parallels matched with?

Stretching of meridians

Greenland is roughly the size of

DRC
It is 14x smaller than depicted

India’s role

At 22 degree North
16% is only inflated

Europes inflation

4 Fold

What lines appear as straight lines? in mercator projection

Rhumb lines

Equal Earth Map (2018)

Equal Area, Pseudo Cylindrical

Equal Earth Map Cartographers

Boian Savric, Tom Patterson and Bernhard Jenny

Gall Peters Projection

Preserves area but distorts shape
Rectangular, equal area

Gall Peters Projection, named after?

By James Gall in 1885/1855
Arno Peters (1973) who promoted it as being a fairer more equitable representation of the worlds developing nations
Cartographer Arthur H. Robinson coined the combined name "Gall–Peters projection

Winkel Tripel Projection

German cartographer Oswald Winkel in 1921

Robinson Projection

created by American geographer Arthur H. Robinson in 1963

Pseudocylindrical, compromise world map projection

Azimuthal/Planar Projections

Best for polar/ or single poiint studies
Best or flight distance routes
Project earth onto a flat plane from a central point

In 1998 which projection replaced the Robinson projection in National geographic society maps

Winkel Trippel (1921)
Also by world bank

Survey of India

1767

What is the role of the Survey of India?

National Survey and Mapping Organisation, establishing Geodetic Reference Frameworks and verifying International Borders on published maps.

Who undertook the "1st Modern Scientific Survey of India" and when?

Undertaken by John Mather in 1793-96.

What does Section 2 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act (1961) penalize regarding maps?

Penalises Publication and Distribution of Maps that question India's Territorial Integrity or Misrepresent its international borders Contrary to Official Alignments.

Which nodal agency oversees the Survey of India?

Ministry of Science and Technology (Jitendra Singh)

Who is the Survey of India headed by?

Surveyor General of India (Shailesh Kumar Sinha)

Where is the Headquarters (HQ) of the Survey of India located?

Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

What recent achievement did GalaxEye (Karnataka) secure regarding its OptoSAR Imaging System?

Secured a US Patent for core technology behind its OptoSAR (Optical Synthetic Aperture Radar) Imaging System, becoming 1st Indian Startup to receive a US Patent for Satellite Imaging Technology.