Map making History

  • Sep 12, 1000

    2300 Bc

    Frist maps were made on clay tablets around 2300 Bc
  • USGS

    the USGS created its frist map
  • Flying pictures

    People would take pictures of an area and would use the pictures to create msps eventually this method gave way to radar
  • NASA

    nasa lanched its frist Landsat satellite. the photographs produced an actuarate map.
  • Measurements

    Nasa lanched another satellite to measure the earths systems