Hi!
The best we can do is Soviet Military mapping at 1:100,000 for most, though
not all, of the country.
Anne
At 08:57 31/08/2006, you wrote:
>With all this talk of China, does anybody hold 1:50,000 coverage of that
>country?
>
>Regards,
>
>In message <[log in to unmask]>,
>Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]> writes
>>'It never reigns but it pores' (as many of today's university students
>>might spell . . .). A second, related, message following that just
>>posted from 'MapHist' regarding contemporary mapping of China.
>>
>>Francis Herbert
>>[log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: A. Cope [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:08 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: MAPS-L: Free Chinese maps online
>>
>>
>>-------- Original Message --------
>>Subject: Free Chinese maps online
>>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:56:39 +0200
>>From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>
>>The Chinese State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping was concerned that
>>over 200 Chinese map portals provided 'incorrect information'. According
>>to the bureau "a map is a serious thing, reflecting as it does a country
>>and its political life"
>>
>>So to ensure only serious maps are used to reflect the Chinese political
>>life, it has provided free over 400 downloadable maps on its website for
>>public use. Maps of China are available at 14 different scales, maps of
>>the world in 10 scales. There are various thematic maps of regions,
>>agriculture, traffic, water, shipping, railways and tourist attractions.
>>
>>Unfortunately the site is only in Chinese, but the index page for the
>>maps is at http://map.sbsm.gov.cn:8088/mcp/index.asp
>>
>>On the first page, listing the first 12 maps, scale is given using some
>>Chinese number symbols. the symbol like a running man with his arms
>>outstretched is the symbol for 10,000 the other symbol like a drunk TZ
>>is 100,000,000
>>
>>so the first maps's scale is 1:500,000,000
>>the second is 380,000,000
>>and these first 5 maps are maps of the world (the 4 Chinese characters
>>in the title box say 'shi-jie di-tu' = 'world map')
>>
>>
>>[a useful thing for map libraries is to have a list of Chinese number
>>symbols for use by librarians & patrons. A good one is given at
>>http://chineseculture.about.com/library/extra/character/bls_numbers.htm
>>]
>>
>>
>>
>>Brendan
>
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