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Brian;
 
The soviet military "General Staff" produced four series of maps, series of
topos at 1:200,000; 1:100,000; 1;50,000; and a series of city plans at
1:10,000 or 1:25,000.  These maps are essentially equivalent to the
AMS/DMA/NIMA JOGs, etc.  These topo series cover varying amounts of area
outside the former Soviet Union (FSU), depending on scale.   The maps are in
cyrillic only.  All maps were, and some still are, classified "Top Secret".
The maps were produced by the soviet military for their own internal use and
thus are typically quite accurate, particularly in those countries where the
soviets had a presence or a concern; the Middle East, Asia, etc.  The maps
are quite useful for those countries where no other mapping is available -
for example the soviets produced 1;50,000 topos of North Korea.  These maps
have extensive information on them such as:
water:
flow rates, depths, widths, bridge weight limits, etc.
 
trees:
density of trees, ave. diameter of tree trunks, typical type of tree, etc.
 
pipelines:
electric lines with their carrying capacity
oil/gas pipelines, typically with pipeline diameter and the number of
pipelines in the pipeline cluster
water lines, etc.
 
The 1:200,000 series covers all of Asia, all of Europe, a significant part
of Africa, some North America, and almost none of South America.  Most of
the sheets have extensive text on the reverse, giving information on
cultural, physical features, and weather.  Three translated examples are
viewable on our web site.
 
The 1:100,000 series covers all of Europe, much of Asia (including about 3/4
of china), about a 200 mile wide continuous swath along the African coast
from the equator on the west coast to the equator on the east coast, all of
the Middle East.
 
The 1:50,000 series covers all of Europe, parts of Asia, nearly all of the
Middle East.
 
We have sample images of the different series available on our web site, and
three translated samples of the text on the reverse of the 1:200,000 series.
You can see these at:
 
http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/russia/index.htm
 
Hope this info helps.
 
Russell Guy
Omni Resources
 
At 05:18 PM 8/8/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>
>Because we regularly encounter references to Russian/Soviet-produced maps
>on this listserv, I'm assuming that those maps are using the Cyrillic
>alphabet. Naturally, this limits the complete usage of such maps, despite
>their valubale coverage of 'inaccessable' territory. What I'm wondering
>is if any of said maps are available in Romanized or even bilingual
>editions. If I hear that comparitively large-scale maps of, say, the Shan
>States in Burma are available - but only in the Cyrillic style - I will
>have to modify my expectations!
>
>Brian
>
>Brian P. Bach
>Central Washington University . . . <a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9708%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7BIT%26P%3D87696%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
>This message is from Jennifer Devine.---------------------Johnnie
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>> >From: "Jennifer Devine" <<a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9708%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7BIT%26P%3D87696%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>>
>> >Organization: East View Publications, Inc.
>> >Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 13:14:41 -0500
>> >Subject: Re: Myanmar topo maps
>> >Cc: <a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9708%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7BIT%26P%3D87696%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
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>> I am not sure if you are familiar with the Russian military-produced
>> topographic series of maps, but these are often the maps of choice
>> for many countries in Asia and Africa where in-country, national
>> topographic mapping is difficult or impossible to obtain.
>>
>> As for Myanmar, complete coverage exists at the 1:200,000 scale
>> (132 sheets) and partial coverage exists at the 1:100,000 scale
>> (about 320 sheets).  We have the 1:200,000 scale maps in stock and
>> available for immediate delivery, so if this set is of interest to
>> you, please feel free to contact me.
>>
>> My direct e-mail is: <a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9708%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7BIT%26P%3D87696%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Jennifer Devine
>>
>>
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>> > Can anyone tell me where I can obtain 1:250,000 topographic maps of Myanmar
>> > (Burma) ?
>> >
>> >
>> > <a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9708%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7BIT%26P%3D87696%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
>> >
>> > Gary Hubbs, Project Consultant
>> > Loxley Intergraph (Thailand) Limited
>> > Gypsum Metropolitan Tower, 9th Floor
>> > 539/2 Sri Ayuthaya Road
>> > Bangkok 10400, Thailand
>> >
>> > telephone : (662) 248 8274-6
>> >           fax : (662) 248 8278
>> >
>> > visit our web site at http://www.loxley.co.th/intergraph
>> >
>>
>>
>> Jennifer A. Devine
>> Director of Operations
>> East View Cartographic, Inc.
>> http://cartographic.com
>>
>
 
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