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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 10:16:39 -0000
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Commenting upon Kent Lee's 'commercial' below, I must draw his attention to
the fact that I supplied details of the patron's older 1930s-1940s
requirement in my message of Thursday last, 28 Nov.; but for the fact that
the RGS-IBG Map Room cannot show the particular goods at present, it is
generally estimated by those who know that our holdings of the Survey of
India mapping are one of (if not) the best in the UK. And this Society has
had pretty much to do with the exploration of Central Asia . . .
Regarding the Soviet Army 1:200K mapping: our last ever ex-cartographic
draftsman, now self-employed on making maps of the Himalaya (etc.) for, i.a.
The Alpine Club, has consulted a block of these 1:200K covering the Everest
area and hasn't much good to say of them! One might well be better off with
the US AMS U502 series 1:250K of the early 1960s (incidentally based largely
upon the SoI quarter-inch sheets to which I had previously adverted).
Francis Herbert
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Subject: Lhasa-Sikkim routes <fwd>
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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:56:44 -0600
From: Kent Lee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Lhasa-Sikkim routes
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Dear Ilene, Alice:
Interesting queries from your patrons.
Here are the modern topo map options to cover the route from Lhasa to
Sikkim, in order of cheapest to most expensive (please note that all
Indian and Chinese maps which would pertain to this area are classified and
commercially unobtainable):
1. 1:500k US (TPC): 4 sheets required
2. 1:500k Russian: 3 sheets required
3. 1:250k US (JOG): 7 sheets required, at most two could be sourced
because of current restrictions. However some libraries may have old
AMS (US Army) 1:250k maps from the 1940s or 1950s available.
4. 1:200k Russian: 13 sheets or so.
The Russian 200k maps are the best commercially-available cartographic
technical option in this part of the world, unless one moves to
satellite imagery (many commercial options) or declassified Cold-War aerial
photography (from the USGS EROS Center). I think I can say this
unequivocally.
For older maps made by British or other explorers prior to WWII, I am
pretty ignorant. I would be suprised if complete coverage existed along
the route. Probably your best sources would be the British Library or
LC. The National Library of China almost certainly would have something
interesting here, as well.
Good luck, and let us know if we can be of assistance. We already have
much of the Russian material in digital vector form.
Best,
Kent
Kent D. Lee
President/CEO
East View Cartographic, Inc.
3020 Harbor Lane N.
Minneapolis, MN 55447 USA
Tel: 763-550-0961
Fax: 763-559-2931
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URL: www.eastview.com, www.cartographic.com
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