There is no way to make an accurate map except by walking and measuring.
歩いて測るほかに正しい地図を作る術はない
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Inō Tadataka
Born in 1745 in Japan, Ino Tadataka began studying astronomy at fifty. Over seventeen years he walked forty thousand kilometres to produce the first accurate map of Japan, completed posthumously in 1821.
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