Come and walk on Ile de France...

Currently, La Cité des Sciences has laid out on the floor of the hall a 1:10,000-scale map of the Ile de France region produced by the Institut Géographique National, with 1 m on the floor representing 10 km on the ground...
 
   
 
Institut Géographique National
In late 2003 the IGN finished its complete orthophotographic coverage (vertical aerial photography) of France.
It has taken five years to digitise, align and assemble the 80,000 photographs taken to cover the whole of France.

The IGN website (in french)
www.ign.fr

Installing the digital camera in the aircraft.
   
           
 
Practical information
Opening hours: Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Free
 
     
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