Abstract

MAZZITELLI MASTRICCHIO, Malena. Ensamblar la provincia. Los trabajos cartográficos de la Dirección General de Tierras y Geodesia de la provincia de Buenos Aires (1913-1981). Inf. cult. soc. [online]. 2023, n.48, pp.80-82. ISSN 1514-8327.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34096/ics.i48.12129.

The Dirección General de Tierras y Geodesia of Buenos Aires province is usually thought of as heir of the responsibilities of the Departamento Topográfico created in 1826. It is true that it absorbed part of de duties of the old Departmento, especially in cadastral matters, throughout the 20th century since it was created in 1913 the office was adapting itself to the cartography policy established by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional, and others institutions in the field at international level, such as the Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia. This adaptation implied the use of projections and the homogenization of grids or index maps, which were guiding the mapping in the Buenos Aires territory. Here, we intend to reconstruct the cartographic project of the Dirección General de Tierras y Geodesia, through the reconstruction of its grid, survey’s scales and prioritized areas to study. Likewise, we analyzed the links that the Office established with another institutions. We argue that these networks were essential for the construction of its position in the scientific field, which was necessary to make it the official control body for provincial cartography in 1981.

Keywords : Cartography; Buenos Aires (Province); Dirección de Geodesia; Index maps.

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