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In the development of hydrographic services, shipping organizations played a part, but the major players were the naval powers. Recognizing hydrographic information was a military advantage these naval organizations, usually under the direction of a "Hydrographer," utilized the expertise of naval officers in collecting hydrographic data that was incorporated into the navy's collection.
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Hydrographic offices evolved from naval heritage and are usually found within national naval structures, for example Spain's Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina. [1] ...
Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala. The Relief map of Guatemala was made by Francisco Vela in 1905 and still exists. This map (horizontal scale 1:10,000; vertical scale 1:2,000) measures 1,800 m 2, and was created to educate children in the scape of their country. [12]
The map's title includes the following additional description: dedicada al Rey Nuestro Señor por el Mariscal d.Campo D. Fernando Valdes Tamon Cavallo del Orden de Santiago de Govor.
Yaque or Yaqui was a Taíno word given to two rivers in the Dominican Republic. One is called the Yaque del Norte ("Northern Yaque"), and goes to the north of Hispaniola, emptying in the Atlantic Ocean; and the second, the Yaque del Sur ("Southern Yaque") goes to the south, emptying in the Caribbean Sea.
The Dymaxion map projection, also called the Fuller projection, is a kind of polyhedral map projection of the Earth's surface onto the unfolded net of an icosahedron.The resulting map is heavily interrupted in order to reduce shape and size distortion compared to other world maps, but the interruptions are chosen to lie in the ocean.
The department of Norte de Santander is for the most part situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.The northeastern majority of the department is part of the Maracaibo Lake drainage basin, while the southwestern tip of Norte de Santander forms part of the Magdalena River basin.