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Takao.Takao-Shu, Formosa (Taiwan). A.M.S. L991

Description:

Alternate title: Takao. In upper left margin: Formosa city plans 1:10,000. Polyconic projection. Relief shown by 10 meter contour intervals and spot elevations. Place names are transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) System. With a glossary. Name has been changed to Kao-hsuing [Kaohsuing]. Compiled in 1944 from aerial photography dated December 1943 and October 1944 by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:50,000, A.M.S. Sheet 2114 I, 1944, U.S.H.O. Chart 2488, 1938, Target Chart No. 28, 14th U.S.A.A.F., 3 February, 1944. Additional information from intelligence data. Military grid. "Contour interval 10 meters." Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Three classes of roads or trails, four classes of railroads, and areas of vegetation and cultivation are shown. Some buildings are named. "Place names are transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) system." Includes "Glossary." Insets: Index to boundaries.--Coverage diagram. East Decimal Degree 120.316667. North Decimal Degree 22.650000. West Decimal Degree 120.250000. South Decimal Degree 22.583333. AMS 1.

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9968313773506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/08612q284

Language:

en and English

Creator:

United States. Army Map Service

Publisher:

Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1945.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Topographic maps, Cities and towns, Taiwan—Maps, Takao-shū (Taiwan)—Maps, and Maps

Theme:

Topographic maps, Cities and towns, Taiwan—Maps, Takao-shū (Taiwan)—Maps, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Taiwan

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF