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  2. List of historical maps - Wikipedia

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    United States Geological Survey, National Program for Topographic Mapping (1884) War of the Rebellion Atlas (1895) Maps of the United Kingdom. The Brittania (John Ogilby, 1670–1676) Principal Triangulation of Great Britain (1784–1853)

  3. Nguyễn Văn Thiệu - Wikipedia

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    Born in Phan Rang in the south central coast of Vietnam, Thieu joined the communist-dominated Việt Minh of Hồ Chí Minh in 1945 but quit after a year and joined the Vietnamese National Army (VNA) of the French-backed State of Vietnam. He gradually rose up the ranks and, in 1954, led a battalion in expelling the communists from his native ...

  4. Historical geographic information system - Wikipedia

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    A historical geographic information system (also written as historical GIS or HGIS) is a geographic information system that may display, store and analyze data of past geographies and track changes in time. It can be regarded as a tool for historical geography.

  5. OpenHistoricalMap - Wikipedia

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    A historic map by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey that has been georeferenced by the Regional Plan Association for mapping historic wetlands in OpenHistoricalMap. OpenHistoricalMap allows anyone with a free account to contribute directly to the map through an editor such as the iD Web application or the JOSM desktop application.

  6. Historical atlas - Wikipedia

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    A historical atlas is a collection of maps and possibly illustrations that depict the historical geography of a particular region at a defined time period. These atlases typically include maps that show the political and cultural boundaries of different states as well as other data, and in some cases illustrations that provide information about ...

  7. Wikipedia : WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Topographic maps

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    In the future, a good way to follow should be to start a methodical project, based on the German Location map initiative, working continent after continent and country after country, to provide a complete set of SVG topographic maps, respecting these topographic conventions. To learn. Several tutorials are now available, on wiki-en, wiki-fr ...

  8. Đồng Lộc Junction - Wikipedia

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    Cemetery for ten girls who volunteered for logistical activities, who died in a B-52 raid at Đồng Lộc Junction, a strategic junction along the Ho Chi Minh trail ...

  9. Historical geography - Wikipedia

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    Historical geography is the branch of geography that studies the ways in which geographic phenomena have changed over time. [1] In its modern form, it is a synthesizing discipline which shares both topical and methodological similarities with history , anthropology , ecology , geology , environmental studies , literary studies , and other fields.