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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:47:07 -0400
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HelenJane;
 
The British Overseas Survey Directorate (DOS, OSD), a part of the British
Ordnance Survey is phasing out of producing maps for former colonies,
particularly the African ones.  There is currently an OS study underway
which will recommend on whether to continue the OSD or to close it down -
that will  depend largely on whether the OSD can make itself 100%
self-sufficient.
 
The OSD have disposed of much of their inventory, including ALL inventory of
Uganda, Nigeria, Lesotho, Tanzania, Kenya, Chad (Lake Chad), etc.  We bought
much of what they had left.  We are now sold out of the Uganda, Nigeria, and
Lesotho holdings; still have some Lake Chad, Kenya, and Tanzania sets left.
the Uganda Survey tells us that they have no stock, and they are referring
customers to us, so I assume they are truly low on stock.
 
As much as I hate to say it, I would suggest that if you need Uganda topos
that you try Geocenter.
 
Russell Guy
Omni Resources
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At 01:05 PM 7/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:15:34 -0400
>From: HelenJane Armstrong <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Two Uganda maps needed
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>One of our Water Resources professors needs two topographic maps of
>Uganda which were originally done by the Directorate of Overseas Surveys
>and later the Lands and Surveys of Uganda.  It is part of the 1:50,000
>topographic set which is DOS 426 (Series Y732).  However, we are missing
>approximately a half dozen sheets including two of the most vital sheets
>for their resource.  We want to buy them but have not yet found a
>source.  Of course the professor would like them yesterday for a book he
>is publishing.  Does anyone have the two maps listed below, who would be
>willing to loan them to us or would be willing to copy part of them?
>
>Series:  Uganda 1:50,000
>             DOS 426
>
>Needed sheets are:  56/1 Bundibugyo
>                     56/4 Fort Portal
>
>Thank you for any assistance you might provide.  If anyone knows of a
>current source from whom we may buy the sheets we are missing, we would
>appreciate learning of it. The University of Florida Center for African
>Studies has a number of research projects located in Uganda and the Map
>& Imagery Library staff tries to buy any thing we can obtain on the
>country.  Any suggestions for obtaining specialized maps for the country
>would be gratefully received.  You can assume we have the standard
>Travel maps such as ITM and Nelles Verlag and the Bartholomew series.
>
>Thank you
>Helen
>
>
>HelenJane Armstrong, PhD
>Head, Map & Imagery Library
>George A. Smathers Library
>University of Florida
>PO Box 117011
>Gainesville, Florida 32611-7011
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