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28th March 2018 - map update
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New mapping material from the Library of Congress.
1. Rather detailed German military brochures grouped under the "H.Dv.g
40" (Heeres-Druckvorschriften, geheim), and a full title of "Mil-geo Einzelangaben für die
Trupperführung zum Einheitsblatt...". The publications
contain military and geographic description of terrain for each of the
German, joint edition, 1:100,000 maps, called "Einheitsblatt" (or
"Grossblatt") for the purpose of "troop-leading". Each booklet also
includes a set of 1 - 3 maps. The main sheet is the "enhanced" edition
of the Einheitsblatt, accompanied by other maps, usually printed on the
reverse. They provide an overview of local power grid, gas, soil types,
telecom networks and town plans, often simplified).
We managed to scan several dozen maps and some 12 publications, most of
which cover the area of what was, prior to WW2, eastern provinces of
3rd Reich, and what is now western Poland. Because processing
multi-scan publications takes much longer than maps, we have made
available, for now, all map sheets (other maps for the given sheets are
available as their attachments). We have also processed, as a pdf file
(75 Mb), a samplemil-geo description of sheet 30a
(Einheitsblatt 30a, H.Dv.g 40/30a) from the area of (pre-WW2) "Ostpreussen"
i.e.Rastenburg - Lötzen - Arys, currently Kętrzyn - Giżycko - Orzysz.
By the next few months we will have processed publications for the
Einheitsblatt sheet No 53, 54, 55, 66, 67, 71, 78, 79, 142, 149 and
156. Mil-geo description of other sheets, made available today, can be
expected no sooner than next year.
2. Also, from the collection of the Library of Congress, several town plans,
unfortunately, some are photostat copies, so quality isn't brilliant,
but as they cover smaller towns, they provide useful information.
3. We have added one Soviet town plan of Kiev, courtesy of Mr
Ryszard Hubisz. Although it is called "schematic"
(simplified), it is, in fact, a well-drawn and reasonably detailed
plan, in Ukrainian, made around 1935. Its reliability (accuracy) can be
verified against German, WW2 town plans of Kiev from 1941 and 1943
available here.
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)
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Hello: I do Polish Genealogy. I need a topo map of Poland with major cities which I’ve never been able to find on the WEB. It should show post partition Poland with an out line of pre-partition Pola
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
