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Subject:        Cambodian topographic mapping
Date:   Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:14:36 +1100
From:   Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



Cambodia has a nice series of 1:100,000 topographic maps, recently
completed.Data is also available in GIS or Adobe Illustrator format.
They are available in English or Khmer versions.
They seem of excellent quality and on decent paper.
They can be bought individually in the Central Market in Phnom Penh for
about US$5=20,000Riel each [US$ and Cambodian real [4000R=$1] circulate
jointly in the country and are equally acceptable].
Officially, the maps are not for public sale: they are free! I spoke
with officers at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, #200
Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh. [this is right at the northern end of the
street: street numbers in Cambodia do not appear in any order except
completely random], and was told the maps can be had for the asking,
with a letter from one's embassy and from one's institution.
At present available maps are a large diagonal of sheets from Sisophon
in the NW to Phnom Penh, and the southern coastal region (36 sheets of
83 total). The rest of the country (52 sheets along Thai border and in
the E and NE) is completed, but awaited a Minister's signature before
they could be released. This is imminent.

Sheets cover 30' Lat x 30' Long area, and conform in area and numbering
to those shown in Parry& Perkins/World Mapping Today.
Angkor Wat/Siem Reap is on sh. 5735
Phon Penh is on sh. 5932



Requests for maps/data should be addressed to:
(the following copied from a request form I was given, which includes a
map index on the rear):

H. E. CHHIN Kong Hean
General Director of Public Works
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
#200, Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Organization name:__________
Department name:____________
Position:_____________________
    Telephone No.__________
    Fax No. ___________
    E-Mail:_____________
Purpose of Use:______________-

The following conditions govern the use of this data from MPWT Database
Section:
1. User must not distribute this information to anybody without any
permission of MPWT Database Management and dissemination Section
2. User must not get any kind of profit from this data.
3. Field surveys were not conducted for this informaiton so that
interpretation discrepancy can by observed in both data and map. Please
provide any correction to MPWT Database Section for updating this the
next issue.

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Title Cambodia 1:100,000 / [cartographic material] prepared by Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Ministry of Public Works and
Transport (MPWT) under the Technical Cooperation Program of the
Government of Japan and the Government of Kingdom of Cambodia.
Cartographic Mathematical Data Scale 1:100,000 ; universal transverse
Mercator proj. (E 102°--E 108°/N 14°--N 11°).
Publication Details [Phnom Penh, Cambodia] : Ministry of Public Works
and Transport, [1992-
Physical Description < > maps : col. ; 68 x 58 cm. or smaller, on sheets
89 x 64 cm. or smaller.
General Notes
Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Depths shown by contours and
soundings.
Shows maps of local place names with agricultural data, cultural
features, human settlements, historic sites, and other geographical
entities.
Sheets individually subtitled and numbered, e.g.: Bavel--5535.U.T.M.
Includes indexed boundary diagram, index to adjoining sheets, source
material note, sheet index, and glossary.



Dr Brendan Whyte
Assistant Map Curator
ERC Library
University of Melbourne
Vic 3010
AUSTRALIA
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