Geographical Analysis on the Projection and Distortion of INŌ’s Tokyo Map in 1817

The history of modern maps in Japan begins with the Japan maps (called INŌ’s maps) prepared by Tadataka Inō after he thoroughly surveyed the whole of Japan around 200 years ago. The purpose of this study was to investigate the precision degree of INŌ’s Tokyo map by overlaying it...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yuki Iwai, Yuji Murayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Subjects:
gis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/8/10/452