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- OBJECT TYPE
- Topographical/Aeronautical/Lattice
- DATE
- 1939–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0688.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office
- MODEL
- S.W. England
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- paper
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 107.0 cm
- Width
- 67.6 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defence UK
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945)/ this map is undated
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
two dimensional graphic representation of a section of the earth's surface/used for aerial navigation - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering printed on border above map reads: "ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (Aeronautical Map) 1:500,000 R.A.F. (WAR)/LATTICE TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS/S.W. ENGLAND/AREAS DANGEROUS TO FLYING ARE NOT/INDICATED ON THIS SHEET/SERIES 2 - EASTERN CHAIN/SHEET 7"; lettering printed on border below map reads: "Compiled on a Modified Polyconic Projection (based on the International 1:1,000,000 Map)/from the Ordnance Survey 1:253,440, Admiralty Charts & Carte de France 1:200,000/G.S.G.S. 4495/20,000/6/44. Cr./HEIGHTS IN FEET/Certain main spot heights are indicated/by a white tab to improve legibility/EACH DIVISION IN THIS BORDER EQUALS 10 MILES/Classification of roads on The Continental portion corresponds/to that shown on G.S.G.S. 4072, 1/500,000 Europe (Air)/Only permanent airfields are shown in Continental areas./ANNUAL CHANGE ABOUT 10 [minutes] EASTERLY (MEAN)/HEIGHTS IN FEET"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- colour map on white background
- Decoration
- none
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Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, Map, between 1939–1945, Artifact no. 1994.0688, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0688.001/
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