Mapping & Earth Observation · Recorded milestone
Light-beam distance measuring
Recorded year1953
Erik Bergstrand's Geodimeter, sold by AGA from 1953, times pulses of light to measure survey distances of kilometres in minutes.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.