1940's "modern" map making (video)

[theksmith]

i thought some of you would enjoy this...

while prepping for Offroad Passport's tablet/phone based GPS clinic this weekend, i ran across a great black & white short film from the 1940's: Caught Mapping (9 minutes). it was sponsored by Chevy and talks about how maps were researched, authored, and mass produced using "modern" technology.

it cracked me up how some things wouldn't fly today... it's definitely not Treading Lightly in once place, and there are some road construction workers that OSHA would have a field day with!

 

[Desert Dan]

It was a tuff job but someone had to do it


ACSC Field Mapping Reporter in 1986. No GPS but lots of topos and map and compass work.

ACSC still drives the roads periodically on their county maps, Death Valley, Baja, Eastern Sierra and Indian Country Maps. You can't beat "boots on the ground" for road conditions.