Two messages.---------------------------------------Johnnie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thu, 02 Mar 95 16:13:07 EST : SFEWOODS@UBVM : Re: SOUTH AFRICA -- MAPS Hello, I think you should include topographical maps of the entire country at the scale of 1: 250,000. These can be acquired either from the Geological Survey in Pretoria, or the map vendor GeoCenter in Germany. Ernie Woodson, State Univ.NY at Buffalo --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAPS-L <MAPS-L@UGA> : RE: SOUTH AFRICA -- MAPS Dear Chris, You really should try to get a copy of the Readers' Digest Atlas of Southern Africa published in 1985 (and incidentally printed by Bartholomew, though we had nothing to do with the content). This is the same size as 'The Times' Atlas, but covering just Namibia, RSA, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. It has a good text/ thematic section at the start covering climate, history, politics, socio-economic development, etc (now a bit out of date of course), followed by a mass of detailed RSA Trigonometric Survey maps at 1:50000 for the main cities (Jo'burg, Pretoria, Windhoek, Cape Town, Durban, etc), and then a mixture of 1:100 000, 1:250 000 and 1:500 000 for the rest. All the maps are simply reprints of the official map sheets. It is possible that Readers' Digest have done a revised edition since then, but I don't know. You could contact the Readers' Digest (South Africa) Ltd, Strand Street, Cape Town, South Africa for more detail. An alternative source for official sheet maps would be the Dept of Trigonometrical Surveys, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa. The main series is at 1:50000 with national cover of both RSA and Namibia. They also do a more practical map series at both 1:250000 and 1:500000 in various style (aero- nautical, cadastral, magisterial/administrative, etc) as well as orthophotos and geological maps (limited areas). These are not very expensive (about R6 or 7 each, thus about 1.30 pounds or US$ 2). Hope this helps, Tim Rideout Bartholomew 12 Duncan St, Edinburgh, EH9 1TA, Scotland, Europe. email: [log in to unmask]