Triangulating Chōsen: Maps, Mapmaking, and the Land Survey in Colonial Korea

Drawing from an assortment of government reports, contemporary publications, and cartographic materials, this article examines the triangulation survey conducted by the Japanese government-general in Korea from 1910 to 1918. In addition to elucidating the mapmaking process, it explores the ways in which the triangulation survey both reflected and promoted Japan’s colonial authority in Korea and abroad. By turns, the author provides a broad sketch of the planning and implementation of the survey, considers the tools and techniques that enabled it, traces the progress of the triangulation enterprise, and dwells on the legacy and limitations of the maps brought about by the triangulation survey

Un fundido a negro cartográfico: mapeado de la destrucción del Japón urbano durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial

This article was first published as “A cartographical fade to black: mapping the destruction of urban Japan during World War II”, Journal of Historical Geography, 38 (2012), pp. 306-328 Este artículo se publicó originalmente como “A cartographical fade to black: mapping the destruction of urban Japan during World War II”, Journal of Historical Geography, 38 (2012), pp. 306-328

Triangulating Chōsen: Maps, Mapmaking, and the Land Survey in Colonial Korea

Drawing from an assortment of government reports, contemporary publications, and cartographic materials, this article examines the triangulation survey conducted by the Japanese government-general in Korea from 1910 to 1918. In addition to elucidating the mapmaking process, it explores the ways in which the triangulation survey both reflected and promoted Japan’s colonial authority in Korea and abroad. By turns, the author provides a broad sketch of the planning and implementation of the survey, considers the tools and techniques that enabled it, traces the progress of the triangulation enterprise, and dwells on the legacy and limitations of the maps brought about by the triangulation survey