"Maps of the "Gaihosu" Japanese Areas" Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Dec 2020 12:55 p.m. PST |
"Between Meiji era and the end of World War II, map production in Japan was conducted by the Land Survey Department of the General Staff Headquarters, the former Japanese army. Not only did the Department produced maps of Japanese territory, it also created maps of the areas outside the Japanese territory, which were referred to as "Gaihozu". Presently, "Gaihozu" include the maps of the former Japanese territories, and are predominantly in scales ranging from 1:25,000 to 1:500,000. Their geographical coverage stretches to Alaska northward, covering areas of U.S. mainland eastward, Australia southward, and westward to parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, including Madagascar. The methods of the map production varied from surveys by the Japanese survey squads, reproducing maps produced abroad and secret surveys by sealed order…."
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Amicalement
Armand
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| emckinney | 28 Dec 2020 6:52 p.m. PST |
Big thumbs up! An excellent resource. |
 Legion 4   | 29 Dec 2020 8:54 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 29 Dec 2020 1:03 p.m. PST |
A votre service mes amis! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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