Map No. 10194, Kjøllefjord, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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Freytag & Berndt, Austria`s leading map publishers, produce a series of street plans covering the country`s main cities. All the plans are indexed & show public transport system. Plans of cities in the mountainous parts of the country are contoured to indicate the terrain. Most plans have enlargements showing the town centre in greater detail. Some plans include a black & white map of the city overprinted with cycle routes. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Klaipeda & the Northern Coast of Lithuania in a series of contoured maps at 1:50, 000 from the Vilnius based publishers Briedis covering the country’s popular regions & highlighting each area’s recreational possibilities, tourist facilities, various places of interest, etc. Maps in this series are contoured & have colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of terrain & vegetation, e.g. peat bogs, marshl&, forests, cultivated areas, etc. Road network indicates gravel roads & shows locations of petrol stations & car repair workshops. Also marked are field & forest paths. Railway lines are shown with stations. An overprint highlights waymarked hiking paths, cycling routes & kayaking/canoeing routes over the lakes & rivers. Symbols indicate various tourist facilities (hotels, rest houses, farmhouse accommodation, campsites, etc), cafes, viewpoints, churches & historical buildings, archaeological sites, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend

Includes:: English. The reverse side provides additional tourist information. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description the text, cross-referenced to the map itself, is in Lithuanian only.

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One of the titles in a series of detailed touring maps of Lithuania with street plans of main towns. The maps, produced by Baltic States’ leading cartographic publisher, Jana Seta, show the country’s road network indicating three different kinds of unsurfaced roads & mark locations of petrol stations. Railway lines are shown with stations. Symbols highlight various types of accommodation including campsites, towns & other places of particular interest, border crossings, etc. National parks & protected areas are shown but, beyond rivers & other waterways, no topographic information is provided. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each map also

Includes:: plans of larger towns in the region, showing main streets & indicating locations of petrol stations, selected accommodation & places of interest. On the reverse there are photos & descriptions of all the regions’ main places of interest: historical monuments, local architecture, churches, natural features, etc. Although all the text is in Lithuanian only only, the descriptions are cross-referenced to the map, providing a useful indicator of places worth visiting. In this title: enlargement for the environs of Klaipeda at 1:75, 000, plus the city centre at 1:10, 000 & plans of Nida & Šilute. Tourist information is in German & Lithuanian.



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Klaipeda, Kuronian Spit & the Southern Coast of Lithuania in a series of contoured maps at 1:50, 000 from the Vilnius based publishers Briedis covering the country’s popular regions & highlighting each area’s recreational possibilities, tourist facilities, various places of interest, etc. Maps in this series are contoured & have colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of terrain & vegetation, e.g. peat bogs, marshl&, forests, cultivated areas, etc. Road network indicates gravel roads & shows locations of petrol stations & car repair workshops. Also marked are field & forest paths. Railway lines are shown with stations. An overprint highlights waymarked hiking paths, cycling routes & kayaking/canoeing routes over the lakes & rivers. Symbols indicate various tourist facilities (hotels, rest houses, farmhouse accommodation, campsites, etc), cafes, viewpoints, churches & historical buildings, archaeological sites, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend

Includes:: English. The reverse side provides additional tourist information. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description the text, cross-referenced to the map itself, is in Lithuanian only.

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Klausenpass area including Brunnen & Schwanden at 1:50, 000 in a series from Hallwag covering Switzerland’s popular hiking regions on light, waterproof & tear-resistant maps highlighting long-distance paths: the nine national routes plus special regional routes, as well as other local hiking trails. Cartography is similar to that used both in Hallwag’s hiking atlases & in the walking series from Kümmerly + Frey at 1:60, 000 covering the whole country. The maps have contours at 50m or 25m intervals according to the terrain, enhanced by graphic relief & shading. A special feature of this series is an overprint indicating the nine national long-distance routes, plus regional long-distance trails. The overprint also shows other local paths, distinguishing between sign-posted hiking paths, mountain paths where proper walking shoes are necessary, & alpine paths requiring special equipment for glacier traverses & light climbing. Mountain huts are marked, plus various types of accommodation: campsites, youth hostels, “ Friends of Nature” houses, & secluded hotels & restaurants. Road network indicates local bus routes with stops. Railways, narrow gauge mountain railways, cable car lines, & chair lifts are shown, with various symbols highlighting places of interest, viewpoints, picnic sites, swimming pools, etc. The maps have a 1km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH1903 Bessel), with latitude & longitude shown as margin ticks at 5’. * Map legend

Includes:: English.* On the reverse, an index of towns & villages

Includes:: names of geographical features such as mountains, alpine passes, glaciers, lakes, rivers, as well as places of interest. Also provided is a small road map at 1:301, 000 of a wider region around the area covered by each title.



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Klausenpass area at 1:33, 333 on light, waterproof & tear-resistant map No. 3313T published by Swisstopo in cooperation with the Swiss Hiking Federation. Cartography is the same as in Swisstopo’s 50K hiking maps, simply enlarged to 1:33, 333 for extra clarity but without additional information. Coverage extends from Altdorf to Linthal & from Muotathal to Erstfeld & the Schärhorn. The title

Includes:: a table with timings & facilities for three recommended hiking routes: Biel (Kinzig) to Muotathal, Klausenpass to Biel (Kinzig), & Grotzenbüel to Braunwald Bergstation.1:33, 333 editions of Swisstopo’s hiking maps have cartography identical to the standard version of the country’s 1:50, 000 topographic survey, highly regarded for its superb use of graphic relief & hill shading to provide an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. An overprint highlights routes maintained by the SHF, distinguishing between hiking routes, mountain routes requiring proper footwear, & alpine routes where equipment is needed. Paths which are part of the national or regional network of long-distance hiking routes are specially marked & in the more recent editions are annotated with their official numbers. The maps show mountain huts, refuges & in remote areas also inns, plus roads with bus service & the positions of bus stops. All the maps have a 1-km grid of the Swiss national coordinates. For a list of all the titles in this series, please click on the series link.

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Klausenpass, map No. 246, in the standard topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, i.e. without the special overprint highlighting walking trails, local bus stops, etc, presented in Swisstopo’s hiking editions of the 50K survey. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. All the maps have a 1-km grid with the Swiss national coordinates. This standard version of the 50K survey covers the whole country on 78 small format sheets, with special larger format maps published for several popular tourist destinations. Small format sheets cover an area of 35 x 24 km (21 x 15 miles approx) & have map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. The special larger sheets cover 50 x 35 km (31 x 22 miles approx) & have no map legend, but a separate leaflet can be provided instead.PLEASE NOTE: the hiking editions of the 1:50, 000 Swisstopo survey are listed on our website in a separate series. ...

Klausenpass area, map No. 246T, at 1:50, 000 in a special hiking edition of the country’s topographic survey, published by Swisstopo in cooperation with the Swiss Hiking Federation. Cartography, identical to the standard version of the survey, is highly regarded for its superb use of graphic relief & hill shading to provide an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. An overprint highlights routes maintained by the SHF, distinguishing between hiking routes, mountain routes requiring proper footwear, & alpine routes where equipment is needed. Paths which are part of the national or regional network of long-distance hiking routes are specially marked & in the more recent editions are annotated with their official numbers. The maps show mountain huts, refuges & in remote areas also inns, plus roads with bus service & the positions of bus stops. All the maps have a 1-km grid of the Swiss national coordinates. For a list of all the titles in this series, please click on the series link. ...

Detailed ski map at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, the country’s national survey organization, showing routes for skiing and/or snowboarding, access by public transport, recommended itineraries, lists of mountain huts, etc. The series uses the cartography of Switzerland’s topographic survey, with additional colouring to show slopes steeper than 30°. An overprint highlights ski routes, indicating suggested direction, difficult passages & sections which must be covered on foot. Also marked are areas where it is forbidden to leave the routes shown on the map. The maps also highlight roads with bus routes, indicating individual bus stops, show ski lifts & funiculars, plus mark locations of refuges or other mountain accommodation. Each title has the Swiss national grid at intervals of 1km, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’. Some titles cover a larger area, with a part of an adjoining sheet printed on the reverse of the main map as indicated on our series grid. Where appropriate, ski information extends across the border to France & Italy. On the reverse are itineraries of routes recommended by the Swiss Alpine Club, indicating the degree of difficulty, plus lists of alpine huts with contact details. Map legend for the overprint

Includes:: English. The text about the routes & accommodation is in the main language of the area covered by the map. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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