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Basel, Fenton, 1:250000

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Title
Basel, Fenton, 1:250000
Creation Date
1943
Publication Date
1943
Edition
First edition, Army/Air
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Abstract
Scale: 1:250000; Projection: Lambert conical orthomorphic projection; Map Type: lcgft; Other Descriptive Notes about Map Series: Relief shown by contours, gradient tints, and spot heights. Five classes of railways and five classes of roads are shown. Covers area west from Ronchamp, France to Baden-Baden, Germany to the east, and north from Freiburg, Germany to Meikirch, Switzerland to the south. Basel, Switzerland roughly right of center of sheet. Luzern (Lucerne), Switzerland at lower right corner of sheet. Sheet K.48, Basel from series issued in various editions by Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 4346. Military grid. "Nord de Guerre Zone Grid ... Spheroid, Du Plessis. ... Northern Italy Grid ... Spheroid, Bessel. ... Lambert Zone II Grid ... Spheroid, Clarke 1880.". "Heights in metres.". "Certain main spot heights are indicated by a white tab to improve legibility.". Includes legend, Incidence of grid letters diagrams, Convergence for corners of this sheet diagram, To give a grid reference on this sheet, Grid data: Nord de Guerre Grid; Northern Italy Grid; Lambert Zone II Grid, Index to adjoining sheets, index to corresponding 1:100,000 scale sheets, Conversion table, Authorities, and Glossary.
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Texas
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West
6.37312
East
8.92797
North
48.21088
South
46.61852
ISO Topic Category
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Place Keyword
, Zugersee, Bielersee, Zürichsee, Neuchâtel, MURTENSEE, Vierwaldstättersee, Brienzersee, Thunersee, Vosges Mountains, Jura Mountains, Alps, Valais, Switzerland, Ticino, Graubünden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Zürich, Aargau, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Bas-Rhin, France, Haute-Rhin, Sankt Gallen, Solothurn, Jura, Territoire de Belfort, Doubs, Vaud, Bern, Lucerne, Zug, Uri, Schwyz, Glarus, Nidwalden, Fribourg, Obwalden, Vosges, Haute-Saône
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Temporal Keyword
1943
Theme Keyword
Scanned maps
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Public
Language
eng
Credit
Great Britain, War Office, General Staff, Geographical Section,

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This data comes from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection and is part of the cc collection.

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2019-03-15
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Metadata Standard Version
2007
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