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Hamburg, Central Europe (AMS M641), 1:100000

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Title
Hamburg, Central Europe (AMS M641), 1:100000
Creation Date
1943
Publication Date
1943
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Issue
Abstract
Scale: 1:100000; Relief Symbology: contours, gradient and bathymetric tints; Map Type: Topographic maps; Other Descriptive Notes about Map Series: Set includes various issues of some sheets, some reissued by U.S. Army Map Service (A. M. S. M641) and some by units of Allied Forces. This set and the set: Germany 1:100,000 (A. M. S. M641) which is separately cataloged, constitute a set complete in 134 sheets, some oversize. Military grid. "Contour interval 25 metres above 50 meters, 10 metres below 50 metres." Some sheets also have altitude tints. Six classes of roads and paths, three classes of railroads, and wooded, vineyard and orchard areas are shown. "Vegetation is not shown on ... sheet[s of] AFHQ layered edition." Compilation of a map of Central Europe on the scale of 1:100,000, undertaken by the British General Staff Geographical Section, was transferred to the U.S. Army Map Service, which published sheets in three series: Germany 1:100,000 (A. M. S. M641) and Poland 1:100,000 (A. M. S. M651) and Middle Danube 1:100,000 (A. M. S. M671) These all carry series note G. S. G. S. 4416, but each is cataloged separately. Each sheet includes "Glossary." Marginal maps: Index to adjoining sheets and incidence of grid letters [and] G. S. G. S. 4346, Germany 1:250,000.--Compilation diagram. Index map is cataloged with Germany 1:100,00 (A. M. S. M641); superseded editions are classified with this set.
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Supplemental Information
Bounding Box
West
9.33333
East
10.33333
North
53.7492
South
53.2492
ISO Topic Category
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Place Keyword
Elbe, Niedersachsen, North European Plain, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Temporal Keyword
1943
Theme Keyword
Scanned maps
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Use Limitation
Language
eng
Credit
War Office,

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0
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This data comes from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection and is part of the Army Map Service collection.

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Raster Dataset

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Metadata Date Stamp
2019-03-15
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
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utf8
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