Science Museum of Map and Survey
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The is a museum in Tsukuba, Ibaraki
, Japan
that is dedicated to mapping
and surveying
.
The museum was the first of its kind in Japan when it was opened by the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan in June 1996.
Located at: 36.103953°N 140.085583°W
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is known as the location of the , a planned city developed in the 1960s.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 207,394 and a population density of 730 persons per km². Its total area is 284.07 km².Mount Tsukuba, particularly well-known...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
that is dedicated to mapping
Cartography
Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's...
and surveying
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
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The museum was the first of its kind in Japan when it was opened by the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan in June 1996.
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Located at: 36.103953°N 140.085583°W