Historical Maps of India and Pakistan, 1955-1963 (ICPSR 37937)
Version Date: Jan 25, 2021 View help for published
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Mariaflavia Harari, Wharton School
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37937.v1
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The Army Map Service was a cartographic agency that focused on the compilation, publication, and distribution of military topographic maps. This collection contains georeferenced historical maps of India and Pakistan collected from 1955-1963 from the U502 series.
The maps are provided as TIFF files that include spatial references that can be read by GIS software. These maps are organized by segments which are then divided into square tiles. The corners of each of these tiles contain an anchor point with corresponding coordinates alongside additional anchor points like a: coastal region, legend, glossary, scale, and a location diagram.
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- The University of Texas library website's provides scanned versions of the original U.S. Army paper maps as jpg image files without spatial references.
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The purpose of the U.S. Army Map Service was a cartographic agency that focused on the compilation, publication, and distribution of military topographic maps. This collection was used as strategic and tactical level maps.
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