--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:14:59 +0100 From: "Montaner, Carme" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: Gelandebefahrbankreitskarten - terrain trafficability maps <f wd> Sender: "Montaner, Carme" <[log in to unmask]> Last week there was a conference in Barcelona, by Dr. Wolfgang Scharfe, professor at the Institut fur Georgaphische Wissenschaften, Freie Universitat Berlin, sepaking about "The Deutsche Heereskarte von Spanien (1840-1944)" on which he talks about some kind of this maps. My be you can contact him. Carme Montaner Cartoteca de Catalunya Institut Cartogrāfic de Catalunya Parc de Montjuīc 08038 Barcelona 93 567 15 00 [log in to unmask] http:\\www.icc.es -----Original Message----- From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:58 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Gelandebefahrbankreitskarten - terrain trafficability maps <fwd> --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:40:40 -0800 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Gelandebefahrbankreitskarten - terrain trafficability maps Sender: [log in to unmask] (the spelling is probably wrong at some point in that phrase) I've had an inquiry from a geography faculty member here about these maps, which were made by German military during World War II; apparently they were of Germany and perhaps other European countries through which the war was fought. The object was to show best route for tanks (e.g., avoid tall, closely planted trees). Does any map library have any of these, and if you do, may I get a photocopy of at least a portion of one of them? Mary Lynette Larsgaard Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory Fund Manager: Geography; Geology; Military Science Co-Manager for Map and Imagery Laboratory Fund Davidson Library University of California Santa Barbara CA 93106 805/893-4049 fax 805/893-8799 [log in to unmask] --- End Forwarded Message --- --- End Forwarded Message ---