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15th March 2018 - map update
15.03.2018_update
In another round of (spring) cleaning, we have added over 300 maps
coming from various university collections, Library of Congress, as
well as our own. Majority of scans show small and mid-scale maps which
often cover vast areas. Please note: as the original maps are usually
very large sheets of paper, 400 and 600 dpi jpg scans often reach and
exceed 100 Mb. Therefore, it is not recommended to try to open files in
web browsers, as they are not optimized to handle high-resolution,
large files, and often come up with a message that this or that image
can not be opened, as it "contains errors". This is usually not
the case; we recommend that you download the files (right-click with
the mouse and "Save as..."), and open them with your preferred graphics
software (irfanview, photoshop, windows photo viewer, etc.)
New literature in Polish, German and English is available, but it will
take some time to translate explanatory notes into English. Hence, as a
temporary measure, new literature can be accessed via the Polish-language
page. All new files are
marked in red. Please note the pdf files can, and do - in
some cases - exceed 100 Mb. We expect to make the updated EN literature
page available by the end of this year.
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New maps from the collection of the Library of Congress: approx. 700 sheets of the WIG 1:25,000 map,
provisional edition. Current coverage of this map series
(both Polish and WW2 German editions) can be seen on the index sheet. Please note that
the sheets are reprints of earlier maps (Russian and Austro-Hungarian),
often re-scaled, so they show the situation before WW1 or even from the
turn of 19th century - NOT, as suggested by their print date - from
1930s.
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With kind permission from Mr Jean-Luc Arnaud who runs a digital mapping
project "CartoMundi", we have received
sheets to complement a few series of German Volkstumskarte von Slowakien &
Jugoslawien, byPublikationstelle Wien, from older,
Austro-Hungarian 1:200,000 edition (information about the map-maper,
Wilfried Krallert, can be found in a Wikipedia article, in German).
Please note: you
should find scanned original index sheets (German, Allied, etc.) under
the mapster index sheets and map lists for large map series in mapster.
This should help navigating and establishing full extent of a given map
series.
From the map collection of the Library of Congress, we have added
approx. 800 sheets of the Polish WIG 1:100,000 'tactical map". Most
sheets fill in gaps and provide alternative editions to the
regular-format maps. Majority is from the regular series",
others, were drawn along
different (Russian) sheet lines, showing the areas in the
East). Several German
re-prints dated 1939 and 1940 are interesting as they vary
from the regular German re-prints of this map type available widely in
Poland and elsewhere.
After the summer break, there are more maps from the Library od
Congress: around 50 - 60 sheeets of a more obscure 1944 German 1:50,000
map called "1:50 000 Deutches Reich (Gen. Gouv.)". Small sheets cover
the area of central Poland, while the large ones (of which we only have
one), are scattered across the territory of Belarus (Polesia) and
western Ukraine. Please note, directly below the mapster index sheet
and list of available
sheets there are post-WW2 American and British index sheet
indicating available maps of this type. Well, at least available around
1954...
From the collection of the Library of Congress, Washington, we have
added approx. 800 sheets of the Polish 1:25,000 map by
W.I.G. As the maps are of a "provisional" type, based on
earlier Russian ones, they are not as detailed as the scale might
suggest, and what they show is actually dated to the turn of 19th and
20th century (in some cases, they might be copies of German WW1 maps
based on earlier Russian sources).
Batch No 2 of the provisional edition, covering southern Poland, will
be made available in the autumn. In the meantime, we can expect at least
one more update of other map types.
11th July 2017 - important SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (2)
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All materials have been moved to a new server and are available via mapster.
We still need to update the links on individual pages of mapywig.org
which will take a few more days.
In the meantime, a few more 1:25,000
Polish maps by WIG have been added.
Next update can be expected in 1 - 3 days.
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
@JMisiewicz
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