{"id":1809372,"date":"2022-10-14T09:45:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1809372"},"modified":"2022-10-14T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:45:27","slug":"the-tellurometer-with-a-girl-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/10\/the-tellurometer-with-a-girl-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tellurometer, with a Girl to Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Map Making (1961)\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L7SJVBX7jxo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>To start off your weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L7SJVBX7jxo\">here\u2019s a 1961 clip from British Path\u00e9<\/a> depicting the surveying and mapmaking technologies of the era. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rainmaker1973\/status\/1571459015460016129\">Massimo<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To start off your weekend, here\u2019s a 1961 clip from British Path\u00e9 depicting the surveying and mapmaking technologies of the era. 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