Maps

Timeline of Cartography

By kjcarpenter
  • 6700 BCE

    Map of Catal Hyuk

  • 3000 BCE

    Babylonian clay tablets

  • 3000 BCE

    first map of the moon

  • 600 BCE

    map of Babylonian empire

  • 600 BCE

    Pythagoras determines earth is a sphere

  • 200 BCE

    Eratosthenes determines the circumference of earth

    establishes coordinate grid
  • 150 BCE

    Hipparchus creates early system of latitude based on the sun

  • 150

    Ptolemy creates world map with coordinates for 8,000 locations

  • 476

    Roman Empire collapses

    Scientific cartography halts in Europe
  • Jan 1, 830

    Al-Khwarizmi produces world map partly based on Ptolemy's work

  • Jan 1, 1030

    Al-Biruni develops triangulation

  • Jan 1, 1375

    Abraham Cresques produces world map using portolan maps

  • Jan 1, 1569

    Gerardus Mercator publishes his first projection for navigation

  • sextant developed

  • John Harrison develops accurate clock for determining longitude at sea

  • International Meridium Chooses Greenwich as the prime meridium

  • Period: to

    Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning System Developed (GPS)

    high quality maps produced from aerial and satellite imagery

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