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Composite sheet comprising photo-enlargements of field sheets 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b, 16a, and 16b (originals filed at WOOS/20/2/1) and a photo-reproduction of T.S.,G.S. 2312, Pretoria and Surrounding Country (lithograph filed at WOOS/20/5/2). Covers the Commando Nek mountain pass in southern Trans...
Graphic index portraying extent of Boundary Survey (air photos), British field sheets and Italian field sheets, as filed at WOOS/33/2. Information added in manuscript to lithographed base map. Legend affixed to map face. Base map is G.S.G.S. 1781, revised October 1906 as T.S.G.S. 1781, titled '...
Graphic index to strips of aerial photographs. Lithographed base maps are G.S.G.S. No. 3927, Sheets 2, 7, 12, 16 and 17, published by the War Office, 1935 (filed at Maps MOD GSGS 3927). Portray hydrology, relief by contours, form lines, spot heights and rock drawing, vegetation, roads and track...
'Indexes to Block plots and Master grids' - War Office ledger
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Graphic indexes to block plots and master grids. Lithographed base maps are G.S.G.S. No. 3927, Sheets 2, 7, 12, 16 and 17, published by the War Office. Sheets 2, 7 and 12 are published 1934 and stamped '2nd Proof O[rdnance].S[urvey].O[ffice]. Southampton 10 July 1934; sheets 16 and 17 are publi...
'Field Traverse Sheets. Scale 1/125,000' - War Office ledger
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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
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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...