Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-10-22 | Page 16 | New U. S. Map Being Drawn

I NEW U. S. MAP I BEJNG DRAWN American Part of World Undertaking Requires Several More Years. I WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 Uncle Sam 'is slowly progressing on a new map of the country, t b part of ft now vorld map, based upon a simple sy-,tom sy-,tom proposed by American reprcaen-'tatlven reprcaen-'tatlven In 1903. and accepted at International Inter-national conferences. It will be the result of years of effort by map workers work-ers who have desired a. system of cartography car-tography whereby the flame sculo of distances would be UMd In a world f"" may, with lettering and symbols unl- iorm. Tho American map Is expected to b completed In 10 or 12 years. Karh country will map tho terrl-i torles ami waters under Its own juris-diction, juris-diction, and the geological survey of I the I "ulted States Interior department 1- making tho maps of this country. SIMPLIF11 M 81 81 EM. Tho glohe i.h to be divided Into 1941 MotlonSi IJarh acrtlon Is dels;nated i v a distinctive letter and Dumber combination. In addition to a name derived from tho locality mapped. Kach sheet, covering on" section, will cover six degrees of longitude and four degrees of latitude. The sheets are numbered from l to 60. beginning at the loth meridian of longitude, and girdling the globe to the eastward; ;n, are lettered from A to V, north and south, with the equator as a starting point. Tho north and south polar regions are to bo shown in circular cir-cular sections from the 88th parallel of latitude, and lettered Z-North and Z-Pouth. The main purpose of the international interna-tional map. which will be drawn on tho scale of ouo to one-millionth, is in furnish a complete world map o! uniform drawing, thus obviating different dif-ferent scales of distances, and to nablo map makers and readers of very country, to understand the maps Of cery other, even though they do not understand any but their own tongues. There -w ill bo shown only the iiitllncs of land and water, with depths of water and heights of land; stream and river systems, or draining. In the unap maker's parlance, roads, rail and Itrolley lines, towns and cities, and contours. con-tours. While the scale, which Is approximately approxi-mately 1C miles to tho in h, will allow I of very Inclusive work, ninny details of maJl towns and streams will be omitted. HEIGHTS IN I I RS. To show heights and depths, a scheme of hypsometric colors has been adopted, Tlils will grade from a Very light green, for shallow waters, to the if.imlllar tints, of deep blue, for tho increasing depths of seas; and from Jlght yellow, for low countries and .valleys, to a deep brown red lor heights Contours will be shown in sharp black line?, at intervals of 1 00 1 metre The metric svstem Wiui adopt-' ed for all numerals, and high points, peak and mountains will be shown in meters. Streams and rivers will be shown In blue, roads in red, cities and rail lines in black. The names of features fea-tures will be shown in the color of that feature, to obviate confusion. Tho projection is based upon a modi-tfled modi-tfled polyconlc system, wherein meridians meridi-ans of longitude are all In straight lines. The lines of latitude will be only Mighty curving on eaob sheet, because Of the largo scale. The system is of advantage In the adjustment of ad-Joining ad-Joining sheets. F K si" Bl S I VI l 6 As many political boundaries will "bo shown as the density of tho data i . included permits Foi stan i th 'map of the United States will show state, county, reservation, land grant and other land office lines. Tho control, con-trol, that Is, positions determined astronomically and by trlangulatlon, to lnsuro accuracy, tlralnuge. Including rivers, streams, creeks, swamps. canaJl and other water bodies, and culture, that is. towns, cities, railways, roads and highways, all constltuto a "base map" which Is compiled as the first step In the work and Whlob will be made available by th- survey for state and other maps The completed roup. In size about "0 by ".0 Inches, Is cop-iper cop-iper engraved In tho most delicate and strong detail, and Will be avallablo at the survey. It Is reduced In sire to form a scale of eight miles to the inch The production Is by photolithography.