Africa 1:200,000 Soviet
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Title: Africa
Originator: Glavnoe upravlenie geodezii i kartografii or Главное управление геодезии и картографии при Совете Министров СССР
Publication Place: Moscow
Publisher: GUGK
Beginning Date: 1973 Ending Date:
Extent: 258 sheets
Color: color
Scale: 1:200,000
Projection: Gauss Kruger
Format: Available for download in TIF and GeoTIF
Bounding Coordinate West: 17º
Bounding Coordinate East: 51º
Bounding Coordinate North: 37º
Bounding Coordinate South: -35º
Notes: The paper maps were scanned at 400 ppi, 8-bit (256 color). The scans were then geo-referenced using a 1st order or 2nd order polynomial transformations in Blue Marble Geographics Transformer.
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