WIG Map Archive (English) - News: 4th May 2015

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4th May 2015 - new maps

1 Courtesy of the Earth Museum, Warsaw, we have been able to scan nearly 100 maps from various categories:

- Polish 1:25, 000 map dated 1919, from the period of Polish-Ukrainian fighting for LwÃ³w / Lviv.
- several Soviet 1:50,000 maps from the border area between Poland and Czechoslovakia, dated 1944 and 1945,
- several Soviet 1:200,000 map sheets (double and quadruple) and a few in 1:500,000 from the same period, i.e. 1944/45,
- approx. 20 Messtischblatt maps (1:25,000 German map, so-called "Topographische Karte"),
- a few German 1:200,000 maps from the Danube delta dated 1944,
- several sheets of the German Overview map of Central Europe (Ãœbersichtkarte von Mitteleuropa) in 1:300,000 scale,
- a few Polish and German 1:25 000 maps from the area of south-central Poland,
- three sheets of the German â€žSudetenlandâ€, 1:75 000 series dated 1938,
- an interesting geological German map showing the area of Wadowice (near Krakow), scale 1:50,000

We have added more maps from other collections:
- 4 Grossblatt sheets courtesy Mr Peter MackovÄin from the Czech Republic,
- From Mr Hubisz â€“ a GSGS 1944 variant of a Pharus plan of Wiesbaden
- 10 copies of WIG 1:100,000 from 1941/42 produced by the WIG in Edinburgh,
- Several sheets of the GSGS copies of the WIG 1:100,000 tactical maps GSGS 4177, Poland 1:100,000),
- i 20 sheets (complete set) of the American Army Map Service set of 1:1,500 000 series of the European Russia", dated 1943 and based on Soviet maps from 1938. Original index sheet for this series is incorporated in sheet No 17. You can also see a smaller (200 dpi) resolution scan of this index sheet at the bottom of the map list in Mapster.

Also several new items in the "literature" section, in Polish, English and German.

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Terese

04/30/2024 17:10

I have tried to update my email - hope it works

Terese

04/30/2024 17:02

Any reason I can't get the Polish maps 1:100,000 for Miory, Dryswiaty etc? I get the 404 error instead.

AndrewK

08/02/2023 00:50

Glad to see you back, Marek!

AndrewK

08/25/2022 15:09

Hey, Marek! Trying to access maps at your page "Other Central European Maps, via both Chrome and Opera browsers, I get the dialog box "File not found (404 error) If you think what you'r

zimnoch

01/22/2022 22:50

Hello: I do Polish Genealogy. I need a topo map of Poland with major cities which Iâ€™ve never been able to find on the WEB. It should show post partition Poland with an out line of pre-partition Pola

AndrewK

03/21/2020 14:55

What's up, Marek? What are you working on? Hope all is OK.

zimnoch

01/26/2019 14:42

Hi: Are there any other maps showing parishes such as: Andrzej Tomczak Siec parafialna Wojewoddztwa pomorskiego Okregu bytowskiego I leborskiego W drugiej polowie xvi wieku Skala 1:300. Thanks

BOBROWICZ

12/04/2017 15:22

peut-on obtenir la carte détaillée de la frontière Est suite au traité de Brest-litovsk ? merci d'avance

lesliebutler

09/10/2017 04:54

Can I get some guidance on the projection that WIG cartographers used on the 1 to 100,000 maps?

Andrzej Jazdzewski

04/02/2017 23:15

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