Abstract

MASTRICCHIO, Malena Mazzitelli. Between possibility and desire: geodesic topographic projects in Argentina (1912-1950). Perspectiva Geográfica [online]. 2019, vol.24, n.2, pp.35-48.  Epub Apr 06, 2020. ISSN 0123-3769.  https://doi.org/10.19053/01233769.8494.

In 1912, the Military Geographical Institute (IGM) proposed a national cartographic plan that involved geodesic measurements, both of an altimetric type and for geographical coordinates. The project was considered to be superior in relation to other classes of existing measurements. Still, the IGM plan was overly ambitious and, despite having been re-adapted several times, it was necessary to wait until the end of the 1940s to fulfill its purposes. The objective of this paper is to reconstruct the practices followed by the institution in developing such plan. To this end, IGM documents released upon introduction of the cartographic plans were used. It is concluded that the projects exceeded not only the expectations, but also the technical possibilities that the country had to take these measurements.

Keywords : Argentina; geodesy; cartographic plan; topography.

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