----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi everyone, Ihave joined this list today, and hope you guys will help me solve the problem that has bedevilled me for months. I am an archaeologist working on the western Indian sea ports, and am using GIS as one of the tools for my research. However, as there is no digitised data available for the area, and as Govt. of India refuses to sell me the original maps, I have decided to digitise photocopies of the earlier series of 1inch :1 mile series of the pre-independence India. But none of these maps have any geodetic information, including what type of projections are used to create these maps. Can someone help me ? Also, if there is any one out there who is working on something similar, I propose that we could exchange our data and save duplicationg of work. Any takers ? Thanks Sugandha