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6700 BCE
Map of Catal Hyuk
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Period: 6700 BCE to
History of Cartography
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3000 BCE
Babylonian clay tablets
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3000 BCE
First map of the moon
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600 BCE
Map of the Babylonian empire
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600 BCE
Pythagoras discovers Earth is a sphere
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200 BCE
Eratosthenes determines circumference of Earth, establishes coordinate grid
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150 BCE
Hipparchus creates early system of latitude based on sun
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150
Ptolemy creates world map
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476
Roman empire collapses
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830
Al Kwarizimi creates world map based on Ptolemy
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1030
Al Biruni develops triangulation
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1375
Abraham Cresques produces world map using Portolan maps
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1569
Gerardus Mercator publishes first projection for navigation
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sextant developed
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John Harrison develops accurate clock for determining longtitude at sea
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International Meridian Conference chooses Greenwich for prime meridian
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Sputnik - first man made satellite was launched
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Development of GIS
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TRANSIT , first GPS used by US navy
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Creation of NAVSTAR GPS system
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GPS integrated into mobile phones
