The History of Surveying

Re:The History of Surveying by DoingIsLearning on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:00AM (#28941657)

If you enjoy this topic, Ray Mears has a really good episode on Philip Turnor, who was a famous surveyor working for Hudson Bay Company and who is credited for creating maps of a large chunk of Canadian wilderness.

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Re:The History of Surveying by wyclif on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:12AM (#28941735)

I searched YouTube for the Turnor episode but couldn't find it. Do you have a link to it?

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Re:The History of Surveying by DoingIsLearning on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:28AM (#28942559)

Ok, my memory failed me completely.

The surveyor was 'David Thompson', the episode is episode 5 of 6 of the 'Northern Wilderness' series.

The episode is named 'Koo Koo Sint' which was the name the indigenous people called 'David Thompson' which translates to 'the star gazer'.

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Re:The History of Surveying by DoingIsLearning on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:16AM (#28941757)

I watched it at the time on bbc iplayer, I am not sure where it is available today.

edit: I believe it was a series called 'Northern Wilderness'

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