chartometer – Three Points of the Compass

Map measure of the month: George Philip & Son Rotameter

"a small, but sturdily built, wheeled measurer, fitted with a dial and rotating hands which indicate lengths of traverse up to 25 feet or 300 inches" Philip & Son

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Map measure of the month: Société des Lunetiers Curvimeter

The Société des Lunetiers Curvimeter is a simply made yet effective map measurer from a time of fraternal co-operation between French master craftsmen

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Map measure of the month: Philips’ Universal Simplex

Philips' Universal Simplex is about as simple a map measure as it is possible to get- but it still works

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Map measurer of the month- Rotameter (Barker & Son)

“This handy little instrument will be found very useful for […]

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Map Measurer of the month- Morris’s Patent Chartometer

This months map measure is a wonderful chunky, clunky piece […]

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Map measurer of the month- The BUX map measure

“can be used on all normal English maps” The plastic […]

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Map measurer of the month- The Pathfinder Three-in-One

The Pathfinder Three-in-One was a multiple attempt at bringing together […]

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Map measurers

Map measurer, opisometer, curvimetre, mile-o-graph, meilograph, chartometer, call them what you will, in the era of digital mapping, who uses such an antique analogue object today? Well, Three Points of […]