23 February 2014 - map update
Posted by marekz on 02/23/2014 12:23
New maps have been added in several categories:
1. Some 100 sheets of German maps -
Russland 1:100,000, from WW2, single,
dual
and quad-sheets.
Unfortunately some of them, due to their size, did not get scanned as
well as they should have (those with filename including “err”) – and
these will get scanned again. Please note sheet “Shisdra” (Шиздра) of
the Befestigungskarte type, from Belarus, with red overprints showing
field fortifactions.
2. Around 100 German,
WW1 re-made Russian maps in the 1:126,000 scale (so-called 3-verst maps)
3. Several sheets of the Russian WW1 re-drawn Austrian
1:75,000 scale maps of Galicia. The sheet of
Tarnopol might be of particular interest due to the red-overprints to
update the information on the map as of 1916.
4. A few interesting maps by WIG,
unfortunately very poor resolution, from two digital libraries:
Centralna Biblioteka Wojskowa files can be seen HERE, and
those from the library of the Polish Academy of Sciences are HERE.
5. Approx. 10 copies
and re-drawn copies of a Russian 3-verst (1:126,000) map by the
Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny, dated early 1920s.
6. Two
original 1:126,000 maps.
7. We keep adding and sorting new, single map and
town plan scans from various sources - all files added within the last
30 days are marked in green as “New”. They have appeared in the
following categories:
- Topographic
and tourist maps (Polish)
- General,
small scale maps (Polish)
- Guidebooks
(Polish)
- Town
plans of Central Europe
If you prefer the English version of the pages linked above, see a set of
three flags at the top of each page in Mapster, where you can change
language to EN or DE.
Please note: we are aware that resolution of some maps scans,
particularly sourced at digital libraries, is... underwhelming. We do
keep track of such items and when the same map or town plan appears
elsewhere, or when we have a chance to scan it at better resolution -
we do, and such poor quality scans will be replaced.