Cassini's map

System requirements: Pentium PC with Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, ME or XP with 16Mo RAM and a 256 colours screen.

This CD-Rom comes with a visualisation application especially designed to view Cassini's map.
As a result, you will be able to wander around the plates of the map, move from one to the other or simply zoom in on a detail.

You will also be able to add personal notes on the map, print a selected zone or export it towards your favorite softwares, with a selected resolution.

The gathering of information will start in 1760 with Cesar François Cassini de Thury and will finish in 1789 with his son, Jacques Dominique Cassini. Publishing will be delayed by the French Revolution events and will only be completed in 1815.

Four generations of Cassini will have devoted themselves to the achievement of the map which deserves to carry today the name of this family.

Cassini's map will be used as a reference for the mapping of main european nations during the first half of the 19th century.