Curvimeter

Curvimeter

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17 May 2025 at 23:04 #798437
Sonic Escape
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I discovered how our ancestors measured distances without Google Maps. I’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s quite interesting.
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17 May 2025 at 23:24 #798439
Clive Brown 1
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Or Opisometer. Yours for a few pounds from Amazon or other outlets
17 May 2025 at 23:48 #798451
Paul Lousick
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“ancestors” They are not that old !

I used to have one in the 1980’s. Back when we used maps in cars, before we had Google and GPS navigation.
17 May 2025 at 23:55 #798456
Nigel Graham 2
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Yes – a conventional map-measurer. I didn’t know it has a fancy name!

I had (not sure if still have) a sort of poor man’s version that used something like a continuous loop tape-measure inside a cylindrical body.
18 May 2025 at 03:20 #798475
Michael Gilligan
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Nice to see a genuinely Educational Kit, here:

https://ugearsmodels.com/products/curvimeter

MichaelG.
18 May 2025 at 05:01 #798477
Michael Gilligan
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It may be a server issue, but I was rather disappointed to see that the PDF download link on that site ^^^ failed.

No matter, though … See here:

https://ugears.us/pages/pdf-instructions

MichaelG.
18 May 2025 at 06:03 #798484
Speedy Builder5
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I use these devices as I lead walks in the countryside and trace the path from an OS type map so that walkers can be informed of the distance to be walked.

Bob
18 May 2025 at 06:07 #798486
Michael Gilligan
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https://threepointsofthecompass.com/2020/07/28/map-measurer-of-the-month-morriss-patent-chartometer/

MichaelG.
18 May 2025 at 07:14 #798497
Nicholas Farr
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Hi, I guess mine is a bit of a pauper’s one, but it’s not too bulky to carry on walk, however, it’s easily lost if you should drop it on rough ground.

This belonged to my father, and I can remember him showing me how to use it, probably when I was about six or seven years old.

Regards Nick.
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