Re: [Cz-L] New Maps on Ehpes

Not to speak of the strategic value of the maps in the forthcoming
reconquista
campaign !!
Hardy

----- Original Message -----
From: "yosi-jerry" <eshet1_at_netvision.net.il>
To: "Jerome Schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>; "czernowitz-L"
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] New Maps on Ehpes

> Being at lost for superlatives to describe your contribution to our group,
> and this time especially for me as a map 'freak", I'll repeat my self by
> saying -
> Thanks a thousand times.
> Yosef Eshet
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerome Schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>
> To: "czernowitz-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:57 PM
> Subject: [Cz-L] New Maps on Ehpes
>
>
>> Czernowitzers...
>>
>> I have been working a bit on the Maps section of our Website. Today I've
>> added 167 maps from the 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary
>> (out of a possible 267 maps). These were first published in 1910 as a
>> collection, but some date back to the 1880's. I selected those that I
>> felt would be of interest to our List: Bukovina, Romania, Galicia,
>> Russian Poland, and more. It includes, of course all of Transnistria too.
>>
>> What I have posted runs from approx. 17-30E : 40-53N. Each map is 1deg x
>> 1deg, At 45 deg N, You're probably looking at a map sheet that would
>> represent an area of about 69 miles by 49 miles, so there's lots of
>> detail available.
>>
>> You can access this collection by going to our website:
>> http://czernowitz.ehpes.com and then from the 'Menu', click on 'Ehpes Map
>> Collection'. Then scroll down to Item #20. You will see there also some
>> notes that should help you navigate the map collection.
>>
>> Also, l have uploaded three nice maps of Europe: 1871, 1910, and 1924 and
>> one 1911 map of Austria-Hungary, that show clearly the changing borders
>> over time. These I found quite useful in trying to understand the map
>> collection above. These are in Item#21.
>>
>> BTW, Back in 2004-2005, I distributed these Military maps on CD to those
>> who were interested. In those days, machines were slow, and webspace
>> expensive. Now machines are fast and webspace is cheap, and my fear is
>> that the original website that has these maps might disappear and with
>> it, this outstanding resource. Thus my effort to 'mirror' a part of the
>> collection on Ehpes.
>>
>> I hope you find these maps as interesting as I have! If you have
>> difficulty trying to find the towns you're interested in, let me know,
>> and I'll try and help you.
>> Best,
>> jerome
>>
>>
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