Thank you Liz for sharing this! I am in no way interested in the discussion about russians, sovjet maps, and what should be on or off, but the unclejoe links you pasted are very nice, simply from a historic point of view and they where completely new to me.
Being a BSc Cartographer myself, I hadn't heard about that piece of history and the tremendous effort spend by the Russians to create these maps, it is a real eye-opener and (without judging about the reasons why these maps where created) a master-piece regarding mapping, planning and integrating "data" into a global system! > > a claim which has been thoroughly disputed by map scholars reviewing the > actual maps > http://images.jomidav.com/sovietmaps/unclejoe1.pdf > and > http://images.jomidav.com/sovietmaps/unclejoe2.pdf > > > Checked Russian maps of Australia available on the internet and most > disappointed. One gold mining area in low resolution only. > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Milo van der Linden Open Source Geospatial consultant dogodigi - Geospatial solutions Beukenlaan 2 5261LE Vught T. +31616598808
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