[HOT] HOT Digest, Vol 54, Issue 28

Ralf Stephan gtrwst9 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 19 13:13:49 UTC 2014


Many thanks, James.

Not only are they drawn with a finer pencil and so present with more clarity,
I could just now find a hamlet's position that did not exist on the US
Army Topo /
JOG maps.

Regards,

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:25 AM, freeman <freeman.james.22 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello Hot Mappers,
>
> I work at a local civil engineering firm in Freetown.  I've been
> working with local mapping resources of Sierra Leone for about 5 years
> now.  For localities, the GNS map names should be fine, but it would
> be nice to compare it against the 1972 Department of Overseas Surveys
> maps.  They are found on 'Soil Maps of Africa' site:
>
> http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/lists/csl.htm
>
> http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/maps/afr_sl3001_1toph.htm
>
> http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/maps/afr_sl3001_2toph.htm
>
> http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/maps/afr_sl3001_3toph.htm
>
> http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/maps/afr_sl3001_4toph.htm
>
> These are 1:250,000 Maps created by the British government in
> partnership with the local Ministry of Surveys and Lands after the
> handover in 1968.
>
> David Keili-Coomber is a Civil Engineer who is currently serving as a
> Paramount Chief for Mandu Chiefdom Kailahun. He is a crack engineer
> who is very familiar with GIS and has local knowledge of the district
> of Kailahun in particular.  It may be good to have someone on the
> ground pass him a copy of field maps for review.
>
> James Freeman
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