[HN Gopher] Map Making (1961) [video]
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       Map Making (1961) [video]
        
       Author : geospeck
       Score  : 42 points
       Date   : 2021-11-02 06:54 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
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       | skywal_l wrote:
       | We should bring back lab coats and mustaches. So dignified.
        
       | dredmorbius wrote:
       | For greater technical detail of mapmaking at about the same time,
       | though of a somewhat different subject, there's Richard Furno's
       | "The Race to Map the Moon", in two parts, covering the 1963--1969
       | effort to fully map the Earth's natural satellite, half of it
       | with imagery only just obtained for the first time in the years
       | and months immediately preceding publication.
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       | http://kelsocartography.com/blog/?p=1481
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       | http://kelsocartography.com/blog/?p=1588
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       | And the result, or at least an archived copy, as NatGeo's moon
       | has gone 404:
       | https://web.archive.org/web/20061125134203/http://www.ngmapc...
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       | For an earlier map (near-side only), see:
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       | https://www.usgs.gov/centers/astrogeology-science-center/sci...
        
       | AreYouSirius wrote:
       | Zinc plates - those always makes me think about ... bitcoin ! XD
       | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090180
        
       | mikewarot wrote:
       | It's amazing to see the level of specialization of labor so
       | explicitly displayed. To think that so much of that effort is now
       | automated, and all those specialties are redundant makes a deep
       | impression on the soul.
        
       | Cerium wrote:
       | I'm just captivated by that clip of the operator working the
       | stereo tracer. That is the height of etch-a-sketch art, just
       | perfection coming out of those knobs.
        
       | rexreed wrote:
       | I do like these old style of videos. Straight and to the point,
       | no influencer posing or ad breaks, and cheery music. I wonder why
       | this style went out of fashion? It does seem old fashioned now,
       | but I wouldn't mind this making a resurgence.
        
         | subpixel wrote:
         | Not only are old British public service films fun to watch,
         | without them there would be no Monty Python.
        
           | rexreed wrote:
           | That is indeed how I learned about the Ministry of Silly
           | Walks.
        
         | dredmorbius wrote:
         | Propagandistic as hell to boot.
         | 
         | They're light, and convey very little actual information, most
         | of that incidentally.
        
       | greenie_beans wrote:
       | that's cool. and here i am making a map with react-leaflet
        
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