Korea 1:50,000. Pakch'on, sheet 6333 III / prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers by the Army Map Service (CV), U.S. Army.

Cartographer
United States. Army Map Service [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
  • English
  • Korean
Εdition
Fourth Edition-AMS (FEC)
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1951.
Description
  • Scale 1:50,000 transverse Mercator projection (E 125°30ʹ--E 125°45ʹ/N 39°50ʹ--N 39°40ʹ)
  • 1 map : color.

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    Notes
    • Alternative title: Pakchon, Korea. Relief shown by 20 m. with auxiliary 5 and 10 m. contour interval, and spot heights. Transverse Mercator projection. Place names transcribed according to the McCune-Reischauer System. Alternate Japanese names shown in parentheses are transcribed according to the Modified Hepburn (Romanji) System. With a Korean-Japanese-English glossary. Compiled in 1947 from Korea 1:50,000, Japanese Imperial Land Survey. This series was published during the Korean War. The maps were used for planning and conducting local operations during this war.
    • Relief shown by 20 meter contours and spot heights.
    • One thousand meter universal transverse Mercator grid.
    • Map shows: international, Kun, Pu (Gun, Fu), My̆on, Up (Men Yū) boundaries; density of construction in urban areas; roads; railroads; hydrographic features; areas of cultivation and some land forms are shown.
    • With a Korean - Japanese, and Japanese - English glossary.
    • Place names transcribed according to the McCune-Reischauer System. Alternate Japanese names shown in parentheses are transcribed according to the Modified Hepburn (Romanji) System.
    • This series was published during the Korean War. The maps were used for planning and conducting local operations during this war.
    • Marginal diagrams: Index to adjoining sheets -- Index to boundaries.
    • "For use by National Defense Agencies only."
    Bibliographic references
    Compiled in 1947 from Korea, 1:50,000, Japanese Imperial Land Survey, Pakch'on, 1936. Planimetric detail partially revised from aerial photography by photo-planimetric methods. Aerial photography by U.S. Army Air Force, 1944-45.
    Geographic coverage
    P'yongan-pukto (Heian-Hokudo) in Korea. This series covers North and South Korea.
    Language note
    In English and Korean.
    Other format(s)
    Online version available via the Princeton University Libraries Digital Maps & Geospatial Data website.
    Other title(s)
    • P'yongan-pukto (Heian-Hokudo)
    • Hakusen
    Alternate title
    • Pakch'on (Hakusen), Korea
    Standard map series designation
    • A.M.S. L751
    OCLC
    1340433738
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