Chikunan / prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army.

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, 1944.
Description
  • Scale 1:8,000 polyconic projection ; (E 120°51ʹ--E 120°53ʹ/N 24°42ʹ--N 24°40ʹ).
  • 1 map : color ; 35 x 45 cm.

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Notes
  • Alternate title: Chikunan. In upper left margin: Formosa city plans: 1:8,000. Polyconic projection. Relief shown by contour lines at 10 meter intervals. Place names are transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) System. With a glossary. Name has been changed to Chu-nan [Chunan].Compiled from aerial photography dated February 1944 by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:25,000, A.M.S. Sheets 2221-II SE, 1944, and 2221-II SW, 1944; Japanese Imperial Land Survey 1:50,000 Shinchiku, 1929. Additional information from intelligence data.
  • Relief shown by contour lines at 10 meter intervals.
  • Military grid.
  • Three classes of roads or trails, three classes of railroads, and areas of vegetation and cultivation are shown. Suburban areas and some buildings are named.
  • Includes "Glossary."
  • Marginal maps and diagrams: Index to boundaries.--Coverage diagram.
  • Place names are transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) System.
Bibliographic references
Compiled from aerial photography dated February 1944 by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:25,000, A.M.S. Sheets 2221-II SE, 1944, and 2221-II SW, 1944; Japanese Imperial Land Survey 1:50,000 Shinchiku, 1929. 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 1:8,000
Title in lower right margin
  • Chikunan; Shinchiku-Shu, Formosa (Taiwan)
Standard map series designation
  • [Series] L991
LCCN
map47000341
OCLC
6568672
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