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Subject:        20th century map scans of thailand needed
Date:   Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:00:07 +0000
From:   Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>




Hi everyone,

I hav three requested fo scans of maps of Thailand:

1) Does anyone have scans of 250k maps or similar for southern Thailand?
Berkeley has AMS series L509 from the late 1950s/early 1960s, but their
online coverage ends  at 9 deg N.
I am looking for any scanned map coverage south of this at about 250k
scale. Older sheets are preferable (AMS series L509!) but anything is ok.

AMS series L509 Thailand
sheets needed: NB47-2, -3. -7, -8, -12 and possibly NB 48-5 if it exists.

2) I am also seeking a scan of AMS U542  or JOG 250k sheet  NF47-14
(Burma/Thai/Lao border)which is also missing from the Berkeley's online
maps.

3) Does anyone have any map at any scale showing the *second* Japanese
death railway from Thailand towards Burma?
the famous death railway of River Kwai fame linked Kanchanaburi in Siam
with the Burmese system near Moulmein.
But there as a second line from near Chumphon on the Kra isthmus across
the spine of the isthmus to Kraburi (c.99d E, 10d30m N). The AMS series
L509 sheet NC47-7 Chumphon shows the *eastern* end of this, but the Kra
Buri sheet NC47-6 does not show the western half.
I understand the railway existed briefly in the mid 1940s but was
rapidly removed/destroyed post-war for some reason. Any map that shows
it's alignment and terminus west of 99dE would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Brendan

Dr Brendan Whyte
Faculty of Management Science
Ubon Ratchathani University
Warin Chamrup - Det Udon Road
Ubon Ratchathani 34190
THAILAND



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