Hi Brendan -
Do you still need an index? We have one, hand-made years ago by a geography student. I think it's accurate. It was a labor of love because of having to transpose the unfamiliar grid onto a map with lat/long, as you mention.
I can scan it for you. Let me know.
Thanks,
Naomi
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Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library
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Subject: Index for WW1 French "Plans Directeurs" 1:20,000?
We have a collection of 1:20,000 topographic maps apparently titled "Plans Directeurs", published by the French during WWI, and reprinted in 1941(!). They all seem to be portrait format.
They appear to cover the WW1 western front from the Channel to Switzerland.
There is no lat/long, only a wartime 'front nord de guerre' grid.
Just to make life harder, the sheets are named, not numbered,
Does anyone have an index or other finding aid for this series? Googling online brought up a reference that they were made available to the public after the war, so I am guessing other libraries hold them too?
I have an index for similar maps at 1:10,000, but we do not have maps at that scale and while some of the titles are the same at both scales, the sheetlines are definitely different!
Thanks,
Brendan
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