RICS helps historic survey arc gain UNESCO world heritage site status (Record no. 75752)

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Title RICS helps historic survey arc gain UNESCO world heritage site status
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2005
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Summary, etc. One of the 17 new historic sites granted UNESCO world heritage site status in July 2005 is of particular importance and interest to surveyors. This accolade has been given to the Struve Arc which runs for over 2 820 km from Norway to the Black Sea. The Struve Arc was one of the defining geodetic survey measurements of the 19th century and equal in importance to the Great Arc of India surveyed by Lambton and Everest. The Struve Arc facilitated the first accurate measurement of a long section of a meridian arc (line of longitude), enabling a more accurate measurement of the earth's circumference and greater datum precision. RICS Education Trust and RICS Geomatics sponsored the FIG history of surveying working group's successful application to UNESCO. Notable RICS Chartered Land Surveyors Jim Smith and David Wallis were members of the group.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-GEOMATICS-MAPPING AND POSITIONING
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Virtual Virtual Online 19/08/2005   ONLINE PUBLICATION 130639-2001 06/08/2019 1 06/08/2019 Journal article