Set includes various issues of some sheets including some reissued by U.S. Army Map Service | some sheets issued by Army Map Service (A.M.S. M404), some by British Middle East Forces (D.R. 301 or M.D.R. 595, Provisional G.S.G.S. 4072 (Middle East)) and some by survey units of the Allied Forces (A.F.). | Projection, Europe (Air) conical orthomorphic. | Heights in metres. Elvations shown by contours and altitude tints. | Military grid. | Multiple and single track railroads, three classes of roads, woods, and three types of internal boundaries are shown. Aeronautical information includes landing facilities and hazards and lines of equal magnetic variation. | Fathom lines and low water marks are based on Admiralty charts. | Sheets are numbered by the geographical co-ordinates of the southwest corner of each sheet. | Supplemented by 1:500,000 Africa (Air) G.S.G.S. 4072A. | Marginal diagrams on various sheets show adjoining sheets, compilation data, etc.
Creator/Contributor:
Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section. (Cartographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940
Owning Repository:
Perry-Castañeda Library Maps, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin