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I think it's a very interesting bit of Swiss history. All the work of Dufour (the General of the Swiss Confederation Forces in the Sonderbundskrieg) and his tea
by folli 4y ago
I think it's a very interesting bit of Swiss history. All the work of Dufour (the General of the Swiss Confederation Forces in the Sonderbundskrieg) and his team in measuring, mapping and producing one of the highest quality topographical maps that still holds up today.
- billfruit 4y agoBut Dufour maps use "hachure" [0] lines for relief, not this type of shading, I think. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachure_map?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachure_map?wprov=sfla1