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

Author
United States. Army Map Service [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Εdition
First edition - AMS 1.
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, 1944.
Description
  • Scale 1:10,000 polyconic projection ; (E 120°14ʹ--E 120°18ʹ/N 22°49ʹ--N 22°46ʹ).
  • 1 map : color ; 48 x 63 cm.

Details

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Notes
  • Alternate title: Okayama. In upper left margin: Formosa city plans 1:10,000. Polyconic projection. Relief shown by 10 meter contour intervals. Compiled from aerial photography dated from January 1944 to June 1944 by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:50,000, A.M.S. Sheet 2115-II, 1944; Formosa 1:50,000, A.M.S. Sheet 2115-III, 1944. Additional information from intelligence data. Place names transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) System. With a glossary. Name has been changed to Kang-shan.
  • Relief shown by 10 meter contour intervals.
  • Military grid.
  • Three classes of roads or trails, two 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 from aerial photography dated from January 1944 to June 1944 by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:50,000, A.M.S. Sheet 2115-II, 1944; Formosa 1:50,000, A.M.S. Sheet 2115-III, 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
  • Okayama, Formosa (Taiwan); Takao-Shū
Standard map series designation
  • [Series] A.M.S. L991
OCLC
760226061
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