Category Archives: map making

Topographic maps of Indian coalfields to be prepared

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI), an arm of the Coal India Limited, signed an MoU with the Survey of India for preparation of the large scale updated topographical maps of 28 major coalfields of the country, based … Continue reading →

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Topographic map of earth from NASA available online

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.The new global digital elevation model of Earth was created … Continue reading →

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New Digital Elevation Model Covers 99 Percent of the Earth

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Dear readers,found this good news on map room recently and thought of sharing with the world.Click here to read this interesting post.

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Latitude and Longitude

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Location on the Earth The earth is effectively a sphere, so how do we describe where a point is on its surface? The most common way to locate points on the surface of the Earth  is by standard, geographic coordinates … Continue reading →

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