Heito / prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers by the Army Map Service.

Issuing body
United States. Army Map Service [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Εdition
First edition-AMS 1.
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1944.
Description
  • polyconic projection ; (E 120°26ʹ--E 120°30ʹ/N 22°41ʹ--N 22°39ʹ).
  • 1 map : color ; 37 x 60 cm

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    Series
    • United States. Army Map Service. A.M.S. ; [More in this series]
    • United States. Army Map Service. Series A.M.S. ; L991
    Notes
    • Alternate title: Heito. In upper left margin: Formosa city plans 1:10,000. Polyconic projections. Relief shown by 20 meter contour intervals. Compiled in 1944 from aerial photography dated January 1944, by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:50,000, A.M.S. Sheets 2114-I, 1944, 2115-II, 1944; Formosa 1:25,000, A.M.S. S 2115-II SE, 1944. Additional information from intelligence data. Place names are transcribed according to the Modified Hepburn (Romaji) system. With a glossary. Name has been changed to Ping-tung [Pingtung].
    • Military grid.
    • "Contour interval 20 meters, auxiliary contours at 10 meter intervals."
    • Three classes of roads or trails, three classes of railroads, and areas of vegetation and cultivation are shown. Some buildings are named.
    • "Place names are transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) system."
    • Includes "Glossary."
    • Marginal maps and diagrams: Index to boundaries.--Coverage diagram.
    Bibliographic references
    Compiled in 1944 from aerial photography dated January 1944, by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:50,000, A.M.S. Sheets 2114-I, 1944, 2115-II, 1944; Formosa 1:25,000, A.M.S. S 2115-II SE, 1944. Additional information from intelligence data.
    Other format(s)
    Online version available via the Princeton University Libraries Digital Maps & Geospatial Data website.
    Title in upper left margin
    • Formosa city plans 1:10,000
    Title in lower right margin
    • Heito, Formosa (Taiwan); Takao-Shū
    Standard map series designation
    • [Series] A.M.S. L991
    OCLC
    877139332
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