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Map Archive of Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny 1919 - 1939
Non-commercial project with scans of maps and geographic materials
published by the Wojskowy
Instytut Geograficzny (WIG), 1919 - 1939.
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Recognition for our work. More here. |
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| 1 September 2011 - map update |
 Today is 72th anniversary of the outbreak of World War 2. To coincide, we have added approximately 230 new sheets of 1:25,000 maps which cover west, central and south part of Poland, including the sheet we lacked previously (Westerplatte) and an older, 1926 colour edition of the Gdansk - Danzig sheet.
The new scans are the first batch of approx 1300 sheets scanned this summer which are due to be added to the collection over the next few months (next, larger batch, probably in October).
Most of the maps comes courtesy of Department of Geography, Teaching University in Krakow, Poland, who not only shared their map collection with us, but also provided substantial "logistics support" in scanning them.
New maps are available, for the time being, only via Mapster.
Unfortunately, the table (list) of 1:25,000 maps on our website is so long that the html editors we used can't cope with adding any more lines and we need to test new software, before the maps become available directly through our website. As usual, we would appreciate users' comments on any errors and problems with the new maps. |
| 13 April 2011 - map update |
We have added approximately 160 new Allied maps:
• 1:100,000 (British / American series M651 / GSGS 4416 Central Europe: Germany, Poland, Middle Danube, sheets east of the Oder River),
• 1:250,000 (British air series GSGS 4346 Central Europe), sheets (roughly) east of the Oder River,
• 1:50,000 (series M752 East Prussia), US maps from mid-1950s, showing the Kaliningrad area, formerly East Preussen (East Prussia).
All maps will be available, as usual, via Mapster index sheets. Missing 1:250,000 sheets (Warszawa, Łódź, Tilsit) should become available after summer, around September 2011. At that time we will also try to add about 100 sheets of the AMS 1:50,000 map of Poland (M753). |
| 28 March 2011 - Site Problems |
Sorry to say, this web site has been unavailable intermittently in the past several days. Our hosting service told us this was due to a problem (unspecified) that might take them several days to fix. As of today, the site seems OK, and we hope this is the end of the difficulties.
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| 17 March 2011 - new German maps |
| April came somewhat earlier, as we have now added new German maps covering the period by the (approximately) end of WW1. "Karte des westlichen Russlands” has been covered already, now other maps types, several sheets of the 1:300,000 (Übersichtskarte von Mitteleuropa) map, 2 x 1:25,000 showing the current Polish-Belarussian border areas, and approx. 130 sheets of Reymanns Special-Karte (of Central Europe), by the Glogau publisher, Flamming, dated by 1875. Two missing sheets (Posen and Meseritz) will be scanned in summer. |
| 4 March 2011 - Karte des westlichen Russlands |
We have completed work on the latest batch of the KdwR (Karte des westlichen Russlands), which cover the area of Central and Eastern Poland, as well as the Baltics, parts of Balarus and the Ukraine. We are still missing over 100 sheets (a full set is approx 480 sheets) and we will be trying to locate them. Some of the missing sheets will be available as part of joined sheets, please note, they are large files though, approx. 40 - 70 Mb.
Within a couple of days we will also add about 10 - 20 maps showing the border area between (then) Germany and Russia.
And, from now on, the KdwR sheets will be available via mapster only (with appropriate link from our sub-pages, of course. The reason is simple, it takes a lot of time to add new scans, manually, to our table, and this time can be better spent working on other maps which we will show in April.
Link to KdwR sheets in mapster: Link |
| 1 March 2011 - new registrations |
| Today for something completely different: due to the recent invasion of spambots registering on the site "en masse", and then spamming left right and centre, we have temporarily changed registration rules for new users, who, for the time being, will have to be approved by admins, until we prepare a more permanent solution. We would like to apologise for any potential delays as this temporary measure is implemented. In the meantime, please note that ALL maps are available for download without registration. |
| 15 February - an update |
Another small, but welcome update. We have, yet again, courtesy of the Brightam Young University Library, received a number of interesting scans. This time, mainly, but not exclusively, a near-complete set of WIG 1:500,000 maps, both pre-WW2 and WW2 editions. We have also got some town plans and other maps, including 1:25,000, which are always in short supply.
Mapster: index sheets are being updated, first the WIG 1:100,000 maps, to be followed by Messtischblatt with several sheets showing the area of north-east (pre-WW2) Poland (soon).
Town plans need to wait their turn, but the WIG 1:25,000 maps are available already in Mapster:
P39-S29-C DOBRZYKOW
P40-S27-F DABIE
P40-S27-G TUREK ZACHOD
P48 S30 G KRAKOW (wydanie turyst. wznowienie wcześniejszego)
P39-S27-E SOMPOLNO
P36-S40-G
P51-S32-B HANCZOWA (wyd. turystyczne)
To see those sheets, go to Mapster index sheets to the left of your message, and then change map type to "WIG - mapa szczegolowa Polski 1:25 000". |
| 3 February 2011 - Newly added Austro-Hungarian maps |
We have a pleasure to inform you, that we have just published a large
number of old Austro-Hungarian map sheets, on our sub-site "KuK
(austro-hungarian) maps" Link
1) "Administrativ Karte von den Königreichen Galizien und Lodomerien"
by von Kummerer - 37 sheets added;
2) "Specialkarte" that is the Austro-Hungarian topographical map 1:75,000
- 90 sheets added;
3) "Generalkarte von Mitteleuropa" 1:200,000 - - 1 sheet added;
4) "Generalkarte von Central-Europa" 1:300,000 - 1 sheet added;
5) "A general map of the Austrian Imperator's state with a large part of
the neighbouring countries“ („Generalkarte des österreichischen
Kaiserstaates mit einem großen Theile der angränzenden Länder“) of
1856–1859, by Josef Scheda, scale 1:576,000 - NEWLY ADDED, full set of 20 sheets;
6) Maps - schemes of the triangulation network of Austro-Hungary - 3
sheets added; |
| 3 January 2011 |
A small update: 44 remaining German map, 1:200,000 (Topografische Übersichtskarte des Deutsches) and one Grossblatt 403, showing the area east of Prag, a very interesting, late (March 1945) edition.
German 200K maps are of two type, one is in colour, "For internal use only", and shows (at that time mostly unpaved) airfields, unfortunately poor quality of print makes these maps hard to read. The other type, 3-colour edition, is much cleaner and more legible, but might not include certain elements "for internal use".
In many cases we have both sheet types for the same area, so you're welcome to compare them. |
| 24 December 2010 - Christmas |
We wish you a quiet Christmas time spent, if possible, at home and with
your family.
And for well-behaved children we have some presents. Enjoy.
Plan
of Warsaw, dated 1932, marked as "secret", with a list of
industrial and military related sites. For those users who don't shy
away from the cyrilic...
Town plan
of Sokal, probably pre-1918
German
town plan of Pińsk, dated 1941 / 43 courtesy of www.wwii-photos-maps.com. Low
resolution, but perfectly legible.
Plan
of the City of Danzig, 1933. Well-worn, but legilbe and rather
pretty (colour). Please note it's a large file, approx. 34 Mb.
The last variant of the Tatra mountains by WIG (Polish side of the
border, mainly), scale 1:20,000, Tatr w skali 1:20 tyś, ski
edition, two sheets, zipped together 400
dpi (approx. 80 Mb) and 200
dpi, but very legible anyway (approx. 40 Mb).
Poligon
Biedrusko (Firing Range north of Poznan, Poland), another variant
of a WIG map, scale 1:25, dated 1928.
Four very rare sheets of Poland and Neighbouring Coutries, 1:1,000 000
(mln), made by WIG in Edinburgh, 1943.
NW
WARSZAWA-POZNAN-GDYNIA
NE
WARSZAWA-WILNO
SW
WARSZAWA-KRAKOW
SE
WARSZAWA-LWOW
Wünschelberg
(Radków),at the foothills of Góry Stołowe (Table Mountains, originally,
in German, Heuscheuergebirge). A nice, black&white map from
1925, scale 1:10,000, probably a re-scaled German Grundkarte in 1:5,000)
German
map of Leningrad, scale 1:10,000 (the sheet shows just a small part
of the city, to the north-east), based on Sovie 1:25,000 map from 1939
and German air photos approx. end of 1942.
Austrian
1:75,000 map showing the area around a town of Kraśnik, south of
Lublin, eastern Poland. A large sheet showing administrative
borders, date unknown, probably around 1917. A large file, approx. 45
Mb.
Tom
5 Bibljoteki Służby Geograficznej, "O sposobach przedstawiania terenu
na mapach", [Vol. 5 of the Library of Geographic Service, "On the map-based
terrain presentation"], in Polish, dated 1930, by kind permission from
Mr Zenon Kozieł, Head of Department of Cartography, Remote
Sensing and GIS, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland. File in
pdf format, approx. 40 Mb. If you prefer, you can download a much
lighter (approx. 4 Mb) version of the same document, in (...) dejavu
format from a digital library: www.kpbc.umk.pl/dlibra
Please note that all the above files are here to stay and they will
become available from their relevant sub-pages, when they get updated
in 2011.
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