Many thanks, James. Not only are they drawn with a finer pencil and so present with more clarity, I could just now find a hamlet's position that did not exist on the US Army Topo / JOG maps.
Regards, On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:25 AM, freeman <freeman.james...@gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Hot Mappers, > > I work at a local civil engineering firm in Freetown. I've been > working with local mapping resources of Sierra Leone for about 5 years > now. For localities, the GNS map names should be fine, but it would > be nice to compare it against the 1972 Department of Overseas Surveys > maps. They are found on 'Soil Maps of Africa' site: > > http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/lists/csl.htm > > http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/maps/afr_sl3001_1toph.htm > > http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/maps/afr_sl3001_2toph.htm > > http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/maps/afr_sl3001_3toph.htm > > http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/maps/afr_sl3001_4toph.htm > > These are 1:250,000 Maps created by the British government in > partnership with the local Ministry of Surveys and Lands after the > handover in 1968. > > David Keili-Coomber is a Civil Engineer who is currently serving as a > Paramount Chief for Mandu Chiefdom Kailahun. He is a crack engineer > who is very familiar with GIS and has local knowledge of the district > of Kailahun in particular. It may be good to have someone on the > ground pass him a copy of field maps for review. > > James Freeman > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJT7dIKAAoJEFKkxwxRLOQTJwIIAIEyC+on2X6L0ShLbvgdDcnA > 8EXz+3uRe+vgT3g2EqVODneUEmkJnH0HTTvcoYCllzCiPSDzM1l+YEoHB5kSM1bn > Bid3pVOiu7wN1NZzeMXQn3hN2saL1Fqfqohby/Jj8rT/DFPfZJGeLgS05tLY3ei0 > 8ughke+5hDPonFtUlcqPCqWjZr3Mj0KsUkTLeFrwLiVGChfgytqq/8OIAFBfQOIJ > BYpmPX4RWFE+3hgOcQKgTm8vdOt2S8s5tKDlAuP0G3WkcUqvqsTi/eFg5LZNit1y > KulUfgvSHtHQASUF3wu1UkQMR/Ee7ihs9EX0v8MkyjlfRGZIuKWA6Ymb8K0kqzo= > =e0Be > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot