This was received on the Ordnancemaps list. I am not hopeful of his
finding what he wants, but if anyone can help, could they please reply
direct, and not to any of the lists? Thanks.
Richard Oliver
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> Currently I am working an internship at
> CILHI (Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii) CILHI is a section of
> the army that specializes in the recovery and identification of human
> remains, primarily war-dead, but they also run humanitarian missions as
> well. Their website is http//www.cilhi.army.mil
> Recently, they have just recieved word of a recovery mission in
> Tibet. The problem is, the only maps of Tibet they have are on a
> 1:250,000 scale. This scale is not appropriate for the kind of search
> and recovery that CILHI does. THey have asked me if I can find a good
> topographic map on a scale of say, 1:5,000, or 1:10,000. My
> understanding of topographic maps is that they usually are not made in
> less than a 1:25,000, but I could be wrong. I think any map at the
> appropriate scale would be appreciated.
> Map procurment is one of the problems here. It is simply
> difficult to find maps at an appropriate scale for some parts of the
> world. Or could it be that we are ignorant of some of the resources
> and services available?
> They are having other problems. They have no GIS capabilities,
> They are still using acetate to make tracings and overlays.
> They are having difficulties with the various datums and are not aware
> of what is available as far as datum transformation.
>
> Any advice, especially on finding a good map of Tibet would be
> greatly appreciated,
> Thank you,
> Joann Otineru
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Richard Oliver, B.A., D.Phil., F.B.Cart.S.,
School of Geography & Archaeology
University of Exeter
Exeter, EX4 4RJ
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