Shoka / 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, U.S. Army, 1945.
Description
  • Scale 1:6,000 polyconic projection (E 120°31ʹ54ʹʹ--E 120°33ʹ50ʹʹ/N 24°05ʹ38ʹʹ--N 24°04ʹ).
  • 1 map : color ; 51 x 43 cm.

Details

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Notes
  • Relief shown by 10 meter contour intervals and spot elevations.
  • Map shows prefecture (shō or shū). gun or shi, kai or shō boundaries; three classes of roads or trails; two classes of railroads; areas of vegetation; places of worship; military posts. Some buildings are named.
  • Place names are transcribed according to the Modified Hepburn (Romaji) System.
  • "1-45."
  • Military grid.
  • Includes "Glossary."
  • Marginal maps and diagrams: Index to boundaries -- Coverage diagram.
  • Shoka is now officially named Changhua or Chang-hua.
Bibliographic references
Compiled from aerial photography dated March 1944 by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:50,000, A.M.S. Sheet 2219-II, 1944. Formosa 1:50,000, Japanese Imperial and Survey, Taichu, 1928; Shoka, Guide to Taiwan Railroads, 1935. Additional information from intelligence data.
Other title(s)
Formosa city plans 1:6,000 : Shoka
Standard map series designation
[Series] A.M.S. L991
Title in lower right margin
Shoka, Formosa (Taiwan) : Taichu-shu
LCCN
map47000326
OCLC
6595095
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