-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Need Index - Japan 1:25K, 1:50K sheet numbering example: NJ-54-13-12-2 Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:15:51 -1000 From: Ross R Togashi <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] CC: [log in to unmask] Aloha Rong, A request for a Japan topo index appeared a few years back on Maps-L. At that time, Russell Guy of Omni Resources kindly offered all a scan of an index sheet (in English). You might contact him for a copy. Also of possible interest because of the similar geographic coverage of sheets, the verso of the AMS topo index maps often times provide a list by sheet numbers and also the romanized sheet name. As an example, for the Southern Honshu, AMS L775 series, 1:50K index, see the index here (pdf): http://ucblibrary3.berkeley.edu:8085/pdf/AMSindexes/ams150436shonshu.pdf By carefully comparing the AMS index with Mr. Russell's index sheet, one can determine, for example, that the 1:50K sheet 5049III, titled Tokushima = NI-53-21-8. Years ago, before I started working here, someone with Japanese reading skills went through our collection of pre-1960s Japanese topos (by the Kokudo Chiriin) and transcribed/cataloged many of the 1:25K,1:50K, and 1:200K sheets. They can be searched on our online catalog by title. Ross **************************************************** Ross Togashi, Map Technician University of Hawai`i at Manoa Hamilton Library MAGIS - Maps, Aerial Photographs, and GIS 2550 McCarthy Mall Honolulu, HI 96822 ph. 808 956-6199 fax 808 956-5968 email: [log in to unmask] http://magis.manoa.hawaii.edu/index.html **************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 8:06 am Subject: Need Index - Japan 1:25K, 1:50K sheet numbering example: NJ-54-13-12-2 To: [log in to unmask] > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: looking for > help with map index sheet > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 08:34:21 -0800 (PST) > From: AGS Library <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > Dear Map librarians, > > > We have a large amount of 1:25 000 & 1:50 000 topographic maps > of Japan > (around 1940 to 1950, and 1967) to sort out. For the maps around > 1940 to > 1950, there are only place names without any index on the maps. > For the > 1967 maps, there is an example of index : NJ-54-13-12-2. If > anyone has > the index sheet or book about those maps, could you send me a copy? > > Thanks a lot for your help and time! > > > All the best, > > Rong Yu > Project Assistant > The American Geographical Society Library > University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee > PO Box 399 > Milwaukee, WI 53211