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How GPS has changed our culture

  • Tabula Rogeriana
    Mar 1, 1154

    Tabula Rogeriana

    The Recreation for Him Who Wishes to Travel Through the Countries
    Also written by Muhammad al-Idrisi, in order to assist explores who traveled through the Indian oceaninto Africa, Arabia, and the Far East
  • The Majorcan cartographic school and the Normal Portolan Chart
    Apr 1, 1300

    The Majorcan cartographic school and the Normal Portolan Chart

    The Majorcan school was (co-)responsible for the invention of the "Normal Portolan chart". It was a contemporary superior, detailed nautical model chart, gridded by compass lines.
  • First Nautical Chart
    Oct 1, 1502

    First Nautical Chart

    with Latitude and Longitude
  • Nov 1, 1504

    Pedro Reinel

    one of the first based on astronomical observations and to depict a scale of latitudes.
  • Abraham Ortielus
    Dec 1, 1570

    Abraham Ortielus

    created the "first modern atlas".
  • Ancient Maps 600 BC

    Ancient Maps 600 BC

    One of the earliest maps found in Egypt depecting the city of Nippur of Babylon
  • The first GPS was launched

    The first GPS was launched

    combining 31 satellites the US launched the first GPS system
  • Book on the Apperances of Earth

    Book on the Apperances of Earth

    Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī' wrote a book consisting of a list of 2402 coordinates of cities and other geographical features following a general introduction.
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    From Map Making to the Use of GPS