Could not help myself and marked out the GTS stations and benchmarks in the city that Udaya had confirmed still exists: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/b5b
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 12:22 AM, Arun Ganesh <arun.plane...@gmail.com> wrote: > This was a truly fascinating talk from someone who took the efforts to > explore these historical treasures right in our backyard. Had no clue the > Bangalore was the location of the first base line for GTS before the more > accurate Madras base line measurement. > > Highly recommend everyone to take a look at Udaya's excellent presentation > rich with his own research and documentation from visits to the original > survey locations and benchmarks. > http://issuu.com/udayakumarp.l/docs/the_story_of_the_bangalore_baseline > > Thank you Aruna for posting this, and nice meeting you again! > > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Aruna S <safincr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello list, >> >> There is a talk <https://www.facebook.com/events/654870214628188/> at >> the Thaalam Art Gallery <http://www.thalam.in/index.php/contact> on >> Sunday about The Great Trigonometric Survey and the benchmark points and >> baselines in Bangalore >> <http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Techie-brings-alive-200-yr-old-mapping-project/articleshow/48548227.cms> >> that were used during the survey, by PL Udaya Kumar. >> >> See you there, if you are coming. :) >> >> Warmly, >> Aruna >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-in mailing list >> Talk-in@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in >> >> > > > -- > Arun Ganesh > (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> > <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> > -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
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