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    / The rise of national surveys

    …in 1806, from which the Specialkarte, later considered the most detailed maps of Europe, were derived. In China, under the Communist regime, survey and cartography groups have provided coverage of much of the country with a new 1:50,000-scale map series. Japan established an Imperial Land Survey in 1888, and by…

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    …in 1806, from which the Specialkarte, later considered the most detailed maps of Europe, were derived. In China, under the Communist regime, survey and cartography groups have provided coverage of much of the country with a new 1:50,000-scale map series. Japan established an Imperial Land Survey in 1888, and by…

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