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    "@value" : "Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn"
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    "@value" : "<p>In the last decade of the 19th century it became evident to the Danish authorities that the existing maps of Iceland did not conform to the standards of the times. The best available maps of Iceland at that time were in essence based on two separate surveys. The first was a survey of coastal areas carried out by the Danish hydrographic service in the years 1801-1818. The second was a survey of other areas of the country by the mathematician Bj&ouml;rn Gunnlaugsson 1831-1843.<br />In 1899 the Icelandic Althing appropriated money for a new triangulation of the Reykjanes peninsula in the southwest and in 1900 the geodetic section of the Danish General Staff sent officers and men to Iceland to measure two base lines, in the south and north respectively. The intention was to establish a new triangulation network based on these measurements. This new triangulation survey was not really begun until 1902 when more funds had been allotted. <br />In the period 1900 to 1939, with intermissions in 1909, 1914-1919 and 1921-1930, the Danish authorities completed the surveying and mapping project in Iceland. The Danish General staff was responsible for the mapping activities until 1928 when the newly formed Danish Geodetic Institute took over. From the beginning of the century to the year 1915 the Danish surveyors produced 117 topographic maps at a scale of 1:50 000 of the western and southern parts of Iceland and a few special maps. In 1921-1944 87 maps at a scale of 1:100 000 covering the whole country were published.</p>"
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    "@value" : "<p>&Aacute; s&iacute;&eth;asta &aacute;ratug 19. aldar var&eth; d&ouml;nskum yfirv&ouml;ldum lj&oacute;st a&eth; &thorn;au kort sem til voru af &Iacute;slandi st&aelig;&eth;ust ekki &thorn;&aelig;r kr&ouml;fur sem gera &thorn;yrfti &iacute; samf&eacute;lagi &thorn;ess t&iacute;ma. Bestu kort af &Iacute;slandi sem bu&eth;ust voru &iacute; st&oacute;rum dr&aacute;ttum bygg&eth; &aacute; strandm&aelig;lingum danska sj&oacute;hersins sem fram f&oacute;ru &aacute; &aacute;runum 1801-1818 annars vegar og hins vegar &aacute; kortum Bj&ouml;rns Gunnlaugssonar sem bygg&eth; voru &aacute; fyrrnefndum strandm&aelig;lingum og eigin m&aelig;lingum Bj&ouml;rns &aacute; &aacute;runum 1831-1843.<br />&Aacute; fj&aacute;rl&ouml;gum 1899 voru veittar 5000 kr&oacute;nur og skyldi hefja n&yacute;jar &thorn;r&iacute;hyrninga- og strandm&aelig;lingar &aacute; Reykjanesi. &Aacute;ri&eth; 1900 var gefin &uacute;t &iacute; Danm&ouml;rku tilskipun um a&eth; sendur skyldi lei&eth;angur til &Iacute;slands til a&eth; m&aelig;la h&eacute;r grunnl&iacute;nu og hnattst&ouml;&eth;u. S&iacute;&eth;an var &aelig;tlunin a&eth; m&aelig;la &thorn;r&iacute;hyrninganet &uacute;t fr&aacute; n&yacute;ju grunnl&iacute;nunni. Hinga&eth; voru sendir danskir li&eth;sforingjar og sumari&eth; 1900 var unnin &yacute;mis undirb&uacute;ningsvinna. &Aacute;ri&eth; 1902 h&ouml;f&eth;u fj&aacute;rveitingar veri&eth; auknar svo a&eth; r&eacute;tt &thorn;&oacute;tti a&eth; hefjast handa. Byrja&eth; var &aacute; Hornafir&eth;i og m&aelig;lt vestur str&ouml;ndina og um l&aacute;gsveitir Su&eth;urlands en uppsveitum og h&aacute;lendi fresta&eth;. Verkinu var svo haldi&eth; &aacute;fram tv&ouml; n&aelig;stu &aacute;rin en f&eacute;ll ni&eth;ur 1905 vegna fj&aacute;rskorts og annarra anna hj&aacute; Landm&aelig;lingadeild danska herforingjar&aacute;&eth;sins (Generalstabens topografiske Afdeling) er t&oacute;kst verki&eth; &aacute; hendur. Eftir eins &aacute;rs bi&eth; var &thorn;r&aacute;&eth;urinn tekinn upp a&eth; n&yacute;ju enda b&aelig;ttist n&uacute; vi&eth; fj&aacute;rstyrkur &uacute;r r&iacute;kissj&oacute;&eth;i Dana. &Aacute; &aacute;runum 1906-1914 var unni&eth; &ouml;ll sumur, nema 1909, &thorn;egar ekkert var a&eth;hafst. Var &thorn;&aacute; loki&eth; bygg&eth;am&aelig;lingum sunnanlands og m&aelig;lt um Vesturland, nor&eth;ur og austur um H&uacute;nafl&oacute;a. &Aacute;rangurinn var 117 kortbl&ouml;&eth; af &thorn;ri&eth;jungi landsins, su&eth;ur- og vesturhluta, &iacute; m&aelig;likvar&eth;a 1:50.000 (auk nokkurra s&eacute;rkorta af afm&ouml;rku&eth;um sv&aelig;&eth;um). &THORN;au eru gjarnan nefnd herforingjar&aacute;&eth;skortin &iacute; h&ouml;fu&eth;i&eth; &aacute; &thorn;eim sem st&oacute;&eth;u fyrir ger&eth; &thorn;eirra.</p>"
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