Technology's top World Heritage Sites - and those that should make the list
By Nick Heath, 13 November 2008 12:37
The Struve Geodetic Arc, another WHS, marked a major step forward for earth sciences and topographic mapping.
The arc helped establish the exact size and shape of the earth.
The arc represents points of a survey carried out between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhem Struve, stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and more than 2,820km.
Photo credit: Unesco/ F. Bandarin
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1. John Davies
CERN is not the "birthplace of the Internet" - it s, however, the birthplace of the worldwide web.