-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [Fwd: Japanese topo maps of Korea] Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:10:34 -0500 From: HelenJane Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> To: "'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum'" <[log in to unmask]> CC: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Hello Brian I do not have a source for purchasing these maps but I can give you a little bit additional information. The Japanese Imperial Land Survey maps of Korea were done between 1917-1936. The were later printed and partially revised by aerial photographs when published in the US in 1945 by the then Army Map Service (NIMA) This was their Series L751 Most of these maps have the Japanese names in parentheses. Some of the later additions were in English and Korean. Our depository copies of these maps came directly to us from the Army Map Service as loose maps. While we have a set of the North Korea topographic maps in atlas form, we have never seen the JILS series in book form. Good luck in your search. Helen HelenJane Armstrong PhD Head, Map & Imagery Library George A. Smathers Library University of Florida P.O.Box 117011 Gainesville, FL 32611-7011 -----Original Message----- From: Johnnie D. Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 4:47 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Fwd: Japanese topo maps of Korea] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Japanese topo maps of Korea Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:36:44 +1300 From: "Brian Marshall" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ I have been asked by one of our teaching staff if our library can purchase a volume of topographical maps of Korea. According to the verbal information given to me (which is fairly vague) the maps were at a scale of 1:50,000, and were originally printed by the Japanese government when Korea was part of the Japanese Empire (1910-1945). The maps have been reprinted, in the form of a book, edited by Professor Young-Woo Nam. If anyone knows of this volume, and can supply the full bibliographical details, that would be very much appreciated. If the cost is known as well, that would also help. Many thanks, Brian Marshall Brian Marshall Subject Librarian- Geography & Environmental Science University of Auckland Library Private Bag 92019 Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Telephone: 64 - 9 - 3737599 extension 88452 Fax: 64 - 9 - 3737568 Web: http:www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/geog/geohome.htm "It is not good for the soul to travel faster than the trot of a camel".