Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny
The Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny (WIG) was the Polish "Military Geographical Institute" from 1919 until 1949. Colonel Józef Kreutzinger was the Head of the Institute from 1926.
History of the institute.
When Poland regained its independence in 1918 it faced a challenge of making a new set of maps for a new country. The invaders left behind nine triangulation systems with 8 reference points. The "Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny", originally called the "Instytut Wojskowo-Geograficzny" (the "Geographic-Military
Wig (disambiguation)
Wig refers to false hair.
Wig or WIG may also refer to:
Organizations.
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- Women in German, an organization for women in German studies
- Women in Green (Women for Israel's Tomorrow), a right-wing political group in Israel
- WIG, the oldest index of the Warsaw Stock Exchange
- Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny (Polish Military Geographical Institute), maker of topographic maps from