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  2. Maped - Wikipedia

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    Maped was founded in 1947 in Annecy, with its first products being traditional brass compasses. [8] Until 1985, the compass remained the only production activity. [9] For almost 40 years, Maped has specialised in the manufacture of geometry sets intended for design offices, Designers, and Architects.

  3. List of mountain passes of India - Wikipedia

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    In Gilgit Baltistan, passes with Xinjiang from northwest to southeast are Mintaka Pass near India-Xinjiang-Afghanistan tri-junction, Parpik Pass, Khunjerab Pass, then India-held Aghil Pass north of K2. Then in Depsang Plains in Ladakh, passes with Aksai Chin from northwest to southeast are Karakoram Pass (Qara Tagh La) and Lanak La. Auden's Col

  4. Helix (stationery company) - Wikipedia

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    Helix was established in 1887 under the name 'The Universal Woodworking Company Ltd.'; it manufactured wooden rulers and metal laboratory apparatus. In 1894, it patented the drawing compass and, with it, launched the Helix brand, following on from the initial success of the compass and rule.

  5. Geography of India - Wikipedia

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    India's territorial waters extend into the sea to a distance of 12 nautical miles (13.8 mi; 22.2 km) from the coast baseline. [7] India has the 18th largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 2,305,143 km 2 (890,021 sq mi). The northern frontiers of India are defined largely by the Himalayan mountain range, where the country borders China, Bhutan, and ...

  6. List of mountains in India - Wikipedia

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    Summits of India with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence; Ranks Name / Short name (if applicable) Height Range Prominence (m) [a] [b] Coordinates State National Global In meter [c] In ft 1 3 Kangchenjunga: 8,586 28,169 Himalayas: 3,922 Sikkim: 2 23 Nanda Devi

  7. History of the compass - Wikipedia

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    A simple sundial can be used as a much better one. An automatic sun compass developed by Lt. Col. James Allason, a mechanized cavalry officer, was adopted by the British Army in India in 1938 for use in tanks and other armored vehicles where the magnetic field was subject to distortion, affecting the standard-issue prismatic compass. Cloudy ...

  8. Cartography of India - Wikipedia

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    Joseph E. Schwartzberg (2008) proposes that the Bronze Age [[Indus Valley Civilization]] (c. 2500–1900 BCE) may have known "cartographic activity" based on a number of excavated surveying instruments and measuring rods and that the use of large scale constructional plans, cosmological drawings, and cartographic material was known in India with some regularity since the Vedic period (1st ...

  9. Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System - Wikipedia

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    Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), with an operational name of NavIC (acronym for Navigation with Indian Constellation; also, nāvik 'sailor' or 'navigator' in Indian languages), [2] is an autonomous regional satellite navigation system that provides accurate real-time positioning and timing services. [3]