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'Field Traverse Sheets. Scale 1/125,000' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, settlements, wells and water holes, place names, boundary points and survey stations, and includes topographical notes. The War Office ledger lists sheets 1 to 29, except sheet 8; however sheets 2, 3, 7...
'Field Traverse Sheet. Scale 1/100,000' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Sheet 8. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, wells and water holes, place names, boundary points and survey stations, and includes topographical notes. The map bears the note 'This sheet is a copy of a plane table sheet by Herr Kametz (Austrian) working for ...
Portrays vegetation, roads and tracks, settlements, aerodromes, place names and amendments, boundary points and the international boundary, and includes topographical notes. The sheet bears a note relating it to Sheet 16 at WOOS/34/1.
The base map is G.S.G.S. No. 2871 Sheet North C38-39/B38-39 dated 1926 - a copy is filed at Maps MOD GSGS 2871. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and gradient tints, railways, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, settlements, water sources, international boundaries and place names. A grap...
Relief is shown with contours and hachures, also trig points, hydrology, roads and paths, and settlements. Features are numbered with reference to the accompanying name lists. Shows marked corrections. Pencilled calculations are visible in the margins. The sheets are numbered 1 to 9; sheet 2 was...