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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 09:31:42 -0700
From: Brian Bach <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: maps of India

I would like to add that, while Survey of India maps, particularly the large-scale series, are generally excellent, they can be extremely difficult to acquire. The entire periphery of the Indian Union is off limits as far as large scale maps are concerned, for reasons of 'national security'. Unfortunately, this means that large scale coverage of many of India's urban, commercial, and transport centers is officially unavailable - at least from the SOI. Pre-1947 all-India coverage (the erstwhile Indian Empire, including Burma) is cartographically superb, but naturally, long out of date. Thus the attraction of the (now also aging) Soviet/Russian series. These observations are based on my personal experience. If someone has an update on a policy change regarding this matter, please post it to the list.

Brian

Brian P. Bach
Maps Specialist
Documents/Maps
Central Washington University Library
400 E. 8th Ave.
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548
USA
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Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 11:23:40 +0200
From: Peter Nugter <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: maps of India

Referring to the message of Mr. Sonam who is looking for Russian maps of India.

Dear MAPS-L subscribers,

There is no particular reason to buy Russian maps of India as there is a
complete coverage available from the Survey of India both at the scales 1 :
50,000 and 1 : 250,000.
By buying these maps one has also solved the problem with the Cyrillic letters.

It may be worth knowing that the magic of all these Russian stuff is fading
away already for a long time as there are no updates and there will be none
in a lot of future years.

Greetings from Peter Nugter.