<p dir="ltr">Thank you very much, Chris.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I will follow up on these links and report back. <br>
<br>
Best,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Miriam M. Maina</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 10 Dec 2015 10:29 AM, "Chris" <<a href="mailto:chris@airphotoafrica.co.za">chris@airphotoafrica.co.za</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
To make things a little easier ( more work )<br>
<br>
City Of Johannesburg Official Website ( a terribly confusing place )<br>
home --> sdf --> Inner City<br>
List of all documents related to development / studies / EIA etc etc in<br>
PDF format<br>
<br>
<a href="http://joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6664:inn" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6664:inn</a><br>
er-city&catid=61&itemid=114<br>
<br>
CM<br>
<br>
<br>
On 10 Dec 2015 at 8:49, Walter Smit wrote:<br>
<br>
> It might not be exactly what you want, but there are also standard 1:50<br>
> 000 topographical maps of Johannesburg from the 1930s (2628AA and<br>
> surrounds) and the 1940s. Available for free from NGI as georeferenced<br>
> raster images. I put all the topos available through the decades on the<br>
> web back in 2012, you can view them here: <a href="http://public.pula.co.za/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://public.pula.co.za/</a> - just<br>
> register (its free).<br>
><br>
> Then obviously there are the aerial photographs - I see jobs from 1937<br>
> (Johannesburg), 1938 (West Rand), 1938 (East Rand), 1941 (West Rand) and<br>
> 1941 (East Rand). These are probably not digital (in high resolution), but<br>
> you can request NGI to scan them for you.<br>
><br>
> Hope that helps<br>
> Walter<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Chris <<a href="mailto:chris@airphotoafrica.co.za">chris@airphotoafrica.co.za</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > Morning ,<br>
> ><br>
> > One of the earliest serious maps would be Jeppes map of the<br>
> > Transvaal ( 1878 ) Just Google it you may even find copies online<br>
> > After that would be from the the Boer War ( 1899 -1902) -- the<br>
> > Imperial<br>
> > series of Henderson and then later the Major Jackson series. I often<br>
> > see<br>
> > these referened in JHBG EIA's. After that you would have to look at<br>
> > the<br>
> > Union series. Copies of these maps can be found at a number of<br>
> > places start at UCT / National Archives / National Library ( and<br>
> > others )<br>
> > There<br>
> > may also be [municipal] maps complied for the city of JHBG. There<br>
> > could also be maps complied for the Chamber of mines ? Perhaps there<br>
> > is a carto-bibliography for the Transvaal ? I am not holding my<br>
> > breath !<br>
> ><br>
> > Go to this site<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://icaci.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://icaci.org</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Commission on History of Cartography<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://www.icahistcarto.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.icahistcarto.org</a><br>
> ><br>
> > lot of historical cartographic material to be found there<br>
> > and look for Professor Emeritus Elri Liebenberg ( ex UNISA )<br>
> ><br>
> > Unfortunately here in SA we do not seem to care much about history<br>
> > or heritage and so there are very few detailed / accurate works on<br>
> > the history of cartography in this part of the World ( and if there<br>
> > is it<br>
> > is<br>
> > often the work of foreign specialists )<br>
> ><br>
> > Cheers<br>
> ><br>
> > CM<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On 8 Dec 2015 at 15:49, Miriam Maina wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > Hi Team,<br>
> ><br>
> > > I have been looking for historical maps (or shapefiles) of<br>
> > > Johannesburg's early (non-residential) land uses.<br>
> ><br>
> > > A good example would be industry location and the manufacturing areas<br>
> > > in the 1940's-1950's, or even further back.<br>
> ><br>
> > > Would anyone have a resource or archive in mind? I don't mind<br>
> > > digitizing hard copy maps, so libraries would also be okay.<br>
> ><br>
> > > Many thanks,<br>
> ><br>
> > > Warm Regards,<br>
> ><br>
> > > *Miriam M. Maina*<br>
> ><br>
> > > T. <a href="tel:%2B27%2011%20717%207619" value="+27117177619">+27 11 717 7619</a><br>
> > > C. <a href="tel:%2B27%20767%20033%20473" value="+27767033473">+27 767 033 473</a><br>
> > > E. <a href="mailto:binti.m@gmail.com">binti.m@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:maina_miriam@yahoo.com">maina_miriam@yahoo.com</a><br>
> > ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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