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Magdeburg, Fenton, 1:250000

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Title
Magdeburg, Fenton, 1:250000
Creation Date
1944
Publication Date
1944
Edition
First edition, Army/Air
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Abstract
Scale: 1:250000; Projection: Lambert conical orthomorphic projection; Map Type: lcgft; Other Descriptive Notes about Map Series: Relief shown by contours, gradient tints, and spot heights. Five classes of railways and five classes of roads are shown. Covers area west from Salzgitter to Ziesar to the east, and north from Wittenberge to Bad Salzelmen to the south. Magdeburg roughly at lower center right portion of sheet. Likely reprint of Sheet M.53, Magdeburg by Army Map Service, U.S. Army from series issued in various editions by Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 4346. Military grid. "Nord de Guerre Zone Grid ... Spheroid, Du Plessis.". "Heights in metres.". "Certain main spot heights are indicated by a white tab to improve legibility.". Cataloging agency's copy printed on verso of unrelated map, Blatt Nr. 48, Loch Ericht und Loch Laggan, from series with title: England 1:50 000, originally published [Berlin] : [Generalstab des Heeres], [1940]. German series consists of enlargements of the Ordnance Survey Popular Edition one-inch maps published by the German General Staff. Maps distributed by Army Map Service, U.S. Army following capture from foreign military during World War II. IXA. Includes legend, Incidence of grid letters diagrams, Convergence for corners of this sheet diagram, To give a grid reference on this sheet, Grid data: Nord de Guerre Grid, Index to adjoining sheets, Index to corresponding sheets of G.S.G.S. 44416, C. Europe 1/100,000, Conversion table, Authorities, and Glossary.
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Texas
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West
9.76318
East
13.11028
North
53.32814
South
51.6356
ISO Topic Category
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Place Keyword
, , Harz, North European Plain, Sachsen, Germany, Niedersachsen, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Thüringen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Berlin
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Temporal Keyword
1944
Theme Keyword
Scanned maps
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Resource Constraints
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Public
Language
eng
Credit
United States, Army Map Service,

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This data comes from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection and is part of the cc collection.

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Raster Dataset

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Metadata Date Stamp
2019-03-15
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ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
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