Sakhalinskaya Oblast Road Atlas in a series of detailed atlases of the administrative provinces of the Russian Federation from Roskartografia, with road information shown on a topographic base. Road network

Includes:: minor local roads, service stations, & distances between junctions. Colour coding distinguishes between federal roads & those which are the responsibility of local government. In many areas tracks & footpaths are included. The atlases also show railway lines, as well as inland waterways with locations of locks & the direction of the current. Cities & towns are marked according to the size of their population. Symbols indicate natural landmarks, post offices, hospitals & other facilities, museums, monuments, etc. Topography is shown by contours at 100m intervals & spot heights. Each atlas has an index &

Includes:: an administrative map of the region & a key to Russian road signs. In some atlases coverage is provided only for the areas with roads & not for the whole province. Please see individual descriptions or images of the area coverage supplied with each title. All place names are in the Cyrillic alphabet & the text, including map legends, is in Russian only. In this title: coverage is mostly confined to the main Sakhalin isl&, with only selected parts of the Kuril Islands covered. Also

Includes:: basic street plan of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING: Supplies are very erratic & no delivery date can be guaranteed for titles currently not in stock. Also, we occasionally receive copies with different covers or in different sizes to those indicated on our website. But the cartography & basic information remains as described above.






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Map No. 3020, Sakrivier, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...

Topographic survey of Faroe Islands at 1:20, 000 prepared by the Danish national mapping agency Kort og Matrikelstyrelsen. The islands’ topography is vividly presented by contours at 5 metre intervals, enhanced by relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain or vegetation (scree, boulders, etc). The maps show all the detail expected of the topographic mapping at this scale & have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1’ & 2` respectively. Map legend is in Danish only. The maps are available either separately or as sets of five of more sheets, each covering the main island group: Vagar, Sandoy, Suduroy, Nordoyar, Streymoy & Eysturoy. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Sverigeserien is an outdoor map series consisting of 116 sheets with coverage of southern & central Sweden & the northern coastline. The map is suitable for outdoor activities such as hiking, excursions, trail running, hunting, fishing, riding, cycling, mountain biking, paddling, skating & much more. Every sheet covers an area of 45x 68km. These topographical maps in scale 1:50 000 contain all the information needed for outdoor activities: Terrain information, hiking trails, illuminated tracks, camping, shelters, golf courses, leisure baths, historical remains, roads in different categories, railway lines & much more. Easy to read topography with contour lines, vertical interval 5 m. Sverigeserien is a high-quality map series & is durable for frequent use! Updated content with map data from Lantmäteriet (National Land Survey of Sweden) & printed on Polyart which is water & tear resistant. This means that the map can be folded repeatedly without breaking & can withstand the challenging weather in Sweden during both winter & summer. Legend is in Swedish, English & German. ...

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