28 November 2013 - map update
Posted by marekz on 11/28/2013 17:07

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All broken links on page with irregular WIG maps have been fixed. We have also added 5 new maps.
The following 27 regular WIG 1:100,000 maps have been added:
Łowicz, Warszawa Południe, Tymbark-Rabka, Tiegenort, Osieki, Malbork, Elbląg, Sztum, Grajewo, Callies, Nibork, Łeba, Swarzewo, Ujście (Ustka), Lębork, Wejherowo, Puck, Braniewo, Słupsk, Lupowo, Szarkowszczyzna, Miadzioł, Dokszyce, Wołma, Krzywicze and Kamieniec-Podolski (x 2).
They are older editions of the sheets we already have, from early 1920s. Usually they are re-printed or re-worked older maps (German, Austrian and Russian), nevertheless they are very interesting, as they might contain information no longer provided on later editions, such as the "zaścianki", small settlements of Polish impoverished gentry in the east of Poland. Also the Łowicz sheet, dated 1924, is pretty good-looking.

Mapster update:
Several dozens of Russian and Soviet maps have been added:
- 3 x 1:42,000 map (one-verst)
- 17 sheets of the Soviet 1:50,000 map, dated 1942 - 1944, mainly from central and north-east Poland.
- a few overdue 2-verst maps (1:84,000) from the collection of the University of Warsaw, Poland.
- 1 x 1:100,000 sheet from the area of Czechoslovakia (Brno).
- 2 sheets of 3-verst map (1:126,000) – very pretty, older editions, probably from approx. 1860, both 600 dpi.
- 2 sheets of the 1:200,000 maps (Ostrołęka and Johannisburg)
- a few maps in 1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000 scale.
- one, but very interesting Russian topographic map of Novye Selo, dated probably 18th or 19th century. Currently the metropolitan area of St. Petersburg, but at that time, rather famous summer resort - and more. Some information can be had in wikipedia. And a German air photo at wwwii-photos-maps.com

Also, three town-plans:
Silva: Stadtplan Berlin, probably dated 1941 – 1944
Glogau (Głogów), undated, 1:10,000.
Bahnhof Ratomka – German, WW1 topographic sketch, scale 1:5,000. The area is a few miles north-east of Minsk, Belarus.

Next update - literature - probably in a week or two. Publications mainly in German and Polish. After that we should be able to re-focus on the German WW2 maps of the Soviet Union (Russlan 1:50,000 and 1:100,000)