Plotting Board

[cletrac (RIP)]

I came across a bunch of map-related stuff but don't know what would be relevant. It's shown here with the map board and tripod.
That little square black thing is a neat US morse code training device. There's also a proportional divider in the mail.

[cletrac (RIP)]

Here's a plane table from the manual of map reading 1939. They talk like these are the tolls you need when map reading etc. What's the thing that I didn't label?

[Chris Suslowicz]

A rubber for when you make a mistake?

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Chris Suslowicz

A rubber for when you make a mistake?

Could be that. I bet it's level bubble for the table.

[cletrac (RIP)]

The alidade has a bubble level.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by cletrac

The alidade has a bubble level.

Ah, but one has to level the table first before any of the ancillary equipment (each with it's own bubble) works.

[cletrac (RIP)]

I was looking for stuff for the map board and came up with this. It's WW2 issue type stuff and has a Capt MacIsaac name on it. I Googled the name and found him in Victoria. It seems he joined the RCHA in 1947 so it's just post war. He was a forward observation officer. We had quite an interesting chat. He was surprised that it still existed and more surprised that I found his phone number.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by cletrac

Here's a plane table from the manual of map reading 1939. They talk like these are the tools you need when map reading etc. What's the thing that I didn't label?

Less about map reading as topographic surveying. The surveyor draws everything he sees and plots it on the large paper sheet. It is rudimentary compared to modern survey equipment, but it is what they had and used for many decades.