-------- Original Message -------- 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. Signature:________________ 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 [log in to unmask]