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24th February 2022 - an update
pl
For
a change, some 'literature' (overdue) - which today relates, somewhat,
to the
current grim developments, that is, the Russian invasion of Ukraine:
the
'literature' here is two folders of the German, WW2 documents, which we
received from Peter K. Clark, who passed away recently. The materials,
marked as „Geheim!â€, were prepared by the German engineering unit,
Wehrgeologenstelle 16, and describe terrain and cross-country
conditions alongside the rivers of Dniepr and Bug. It was the line,
behind the German armies retreated in 1943/44.
Folders are available
as pdfs. Because some maps are very large, the longest is over 2 m.
long, and scanned at 600 dpi, the larger of the two pdf files is over 800 Mb. Therefore it takes patience to
download, open and zoom in to see map details in those pdf files.
For your convenience, the files are also available in smaller, more
compact version, at 150 Mb and 80 Mb accordingly. Naturally, to read
the manuscripts, you need to understand German. Page numbering is often
dual and often contradictory, some pages might be missing, but all
available ones have been scanned in the order they appear in the
folders.
The files can be downloaded from the „Literature†page (approx. 3/4
down the page), where we have also included some sections of the
British assessment inside the folders.
Also, several 1:50,000 maps and one 1:100 000 map have also been
made available via Mapster index sheets.
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We have added approx. 940 sheets
of the Soviet, post-WW2, 1:25,000 map from Lithuania
(600dpi). Because mapster index sheet for 1:25, 000 maps of this type
is, for rather obvious reasons, very extensive, it can take quite a long time to
open
- it appears that Opera and Edge take less time than Firefox. The maps
are also available via a less computer-intensive list and
they will show up on a map list in mapster search. Where possible, we
tried to provide alternative (Polish, German, Latvian and Lithuanian)
place-names, however errors
can occur, as there are several different place-names with
identical name in one language, but different variants in other
languages.
A little side note: to search historical maps in mapster by their
geographical coordinates (when no larger village is found nearby), you
can use a 'hack', i.e. an unofficial mapster search feature. First, you
need to find the coordinates of a place, eg. via google maps. When you
click anywhere on the map (left-click), a small window pops up at the
bottom of the screen. When you click on that windo, the coordinates
show up on the left hand side, usually under a photo of the location,
if one is available. You should copy the coordinates (CTRL
+ C) which are presented in UTM format, and they look like the example
below:
53.951819, 23.519671
Copy 1st part above, before
the comma, i.e. 53.951819, using (CTRL + C) and then paste
it (CTRL + V) into the link below:
http://igrek.amzp.pl/result.php?cmd=pt&lat=XXX&lon=YYY&hideempty=on
- you should replace only
XXX (be careful not to copy or delete any characters before or after
XXX).
Copy 2nd part above, after
the comma, i.e. 23.519671, using (CTRL + C) and then paste (CTRL
A+ V) to the very same link, by replacing only YYY.
When the link is complete, mark it with a mouse cursor and copy the
whole link przygotowany (CTRL + C) and paste it (CTRL + V) into the
main search (web address) window of your web browser (firefod, edge,
chrome, opera, etc.) http://igrek.amzp.pl/result.php?cmd=pt&lat=53.951819&lon=23.519671&hideempty=on
- when you do that, don't forget the 'enter' command, which is the
'Return' key on the right side of the keyboard (the one with an
arrow pointing down and right).
We will, gradually make available all other plans form the polona
project. It will take time as each plan has to be processed and
metadata, even basic, manually entered. There are a good few thousands
of such plans so... please bear with us. In the meantime, we are
updating some index sheets to add those odd sheets that have, until
know, spilled over index sheet edge.
And, for now at least, just one map from a set of documents,
which comes from Peter Clark and which we plan to make available in
full early next year. And a passing comment: 77 years have passed since
its publication yet it appears that, suddenly, the map is becoming very
relevant to the current political developments...
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We have received information that Peter K. Clark (‘PKC’), who's been a
good friend and supported us for many years, has passed away at the age
of 95. It's difficult to express, in a few words, his immense
contribution to our project; the shortest way to put it is this: he's
not only shared his own cartographic collections and snippets of
knowledge difficult to find in literature, but on many occasions he
tipped us about sources of material and contacts in institutions, which
we had not previously considered at all, or which would have been
difficult or impossible to access without his personal recommendation.
Incidentally, in January 2022 we will try to make available some very
interesting cartographic material that Peter shared with us this summer.
a few more Kreiskarten 1:100,000
and Umgebungskarten
1:100,000, from the collection of National State Archive,
Poznań, Poland, National Library of Poland, and Peter Clark's
collection.
several Soviet (post-WW2) town plans from our own collections,
mainly from Poland: Koszalin, Kalisz (sheet 1&sheet 2),
Lubin (no, not Lublin!) Slawno, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Nysa, Leszno, and Bialystok (only one of two
sheets is available, sorry!). An interesting town plan of Gusyev (old
German name of Gumbinnen) in Kaliningrad Oblast Obwodzie
Kaliningradzkim, two versions are available: 1973 & 1987.
Please do not assume that the
date of print closely relates to what the real situation is for that
year - some of the plans are drawn from editions that were produed, in
some cases, several years earlier!
German town plan of Bialystok, dated 1941 r.
(we already make available an identical plan, which was published in
the Mil-Geo Angaben ueber das
Europaeische Russland. This variant (practically identical) comes from
a different print run, though we have no more specific information.
Other maps:
approx. 300, post-WW2 Soviet 1:25,000
topo maps of Poland, mainly the coast, Polish-German border, and the
south-west. Please note! - the index sheet for those maps is very extensive, as was the
scope of interest of the Soviet Army. Consequently, the index
sheet loads long, and slow.
It is somewhat faster to access the sheets via the list. Naturally, all sheets are
also available when you enter specific place-name in the mapster search
engine.
ok. 700 sheets of the post-WW2 Polish
topographic map (1:25,000), Polish variant of the Soviet map
(the only difference is the Latin alphabet). Most sheets dated 1954 -
1961. Approx. 200 sheets from the collection of polona (National
Library of Poland), at 600 dpi, another 500 or so, from private
collections, z300 - 600 dpi). Currently we have no access to other
sheets.
also several joint editions of the above map. Unfortunately, as
they were published 'ad hoc', as the front moved back and forth,
sometimes they are not regular enough to fit them into regular sheet
lines, or one index sheet. Consequently, they're available via three
lists: A, B, C. Please note, they are very
large sheets of paper, they were scanned at 600 dpi, so jpg file size
can easily reach 130Mb. As usual, it's best to download them to your
local computer, and then open via usual graphic software.
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From the collection of the National Library of Poland, via digital
library, polona.pl, we have added a collection of WIG
1:25,000 and their German variants.
- approx. 900 original, Polish sheets (tourist, regular, temporary and
provisional editions),
- approx. 450 German variants, prepared by the Reichsamt fuer
Landesaufnahme (1940 - 1944), D. Mil.-Kart. Inst. Warschau (1941 -
1942) and various Wehrmachtu survey departments and topo and field
print units (1943 - 1945).
Actually, all the new sheet have already been available, sourced from
other collection, but the new scans are 600 dpi (with exception of some
reverse sides), and include some maps with extra information, such as
corrections, signatures, etc.
Please note: this is not a complete set of these maps available at the
Nat. Library of Poland, polona.pl are missing from several to a few
dozen sheets, we don't have any information as to the reasons.
nowy
From
the collection of the National Library of Poland (polona.pl), about 500 sheets of the German 1:100,000
copies of Polish tactical map by WIG, mostly in black and
white. The originals bear pre-WW2 dates and their copies are undated,
so with no specific information from written German sources, we can
assume dating as approx. 1939.
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
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
