[OSGeo Africa] Thematic historical maps/shapefiles of Johannesburg

[Miriam Maina]

Thank you very much, Chris.

I will follow up on these links and report back.

Best,

Miriam M. Maina
On 10 Dec 2015 10:29 AM, "Chris" <chris at airphotoafrica.co.za> wrote:

>
>     To make things a little easier ( more work )
>
>     City Of Johannesburg Official Website  ( a terribly confusing place )
>     home --> sdf --> Inner City
>     List of all documents related to development / studies / EIA etc etc in
>     PDF format
>
>
> http://joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6664:inn
>     er-city&catid=61&itemid=114
>
>     CM
>
>
> On 10 Dec 2015 at 8:49, Walter Smit wrote:
>
> > It might not be exactly what you want, but there are also standard 1:50
> > 000 topographical maps of Johannesburg from the 1930s (2628AA and
> > surrounds) and the 1940s. Available for free from NGI as georeferenced
> > raster images. I put all the topos available through the decades on the
> > web back in 2012, you can view them here: http://public.pula.co.za/ -
> just
> > register (its free).
> >
> > Then obviously there are the aerial photographs - I see jobs from 1937
> > (Johannesburg), 1938 (West Rand), 1938 (East Rand), 1941 (West Rand) and
> > 1941 (East Rand). These are probably not digital (in high resolution),
> but
> > you can request NGI to scan them for you.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> > Walter
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Chris <chris at airphotoafrica.co.za>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >     Morning ,
> > >
> > >     One of the earliest serious maps would be Jeppes map of the
> > >     Transvaal ( 1878 )  Just Google it you may even find copies online
> > >     After that would be from the the Boer War ( 1899 -1902) -- the
> > > Imperial
> > >     series of Henderson and then later the Major Jackson series. I
> often
> > > see
> > >     these referened in JHBG EIA's.  After that you would have to look
> at
> > > the
> > >     Union series. Copies of these maps can be found at a number of
> > >     places start at UCT / National Archives / National Library  ( and
> > >     others )
> > > There
> > >     may also be [municipal] maps complied for the city of JHBG. There
> > >     could also be maps complied for the Chamber of mines ? Perhaps
> there
> > >     is a carto-bibliography for the Transvaal ?  I am not holding my
> > >     breath !
> > >
> > >     Go to this site
> > >
> > >     http://icaci.org
> > >
> > >     Commission on History of Cartography
> > >
> > >     http://www.icahistcarto.org
> > >
> > >     lot of historical cartographic material to be found there
> > >     and look for Professor Emeritus Elri Liebenberg ( ex UNISA )
> > >
> > >     Unfortunately here in SA we do not seem to care much about history
> > >     or heritage and so there are very few detailed / accurate works on
> > >     the history of cartography in this part of the World ( and if there
> > >     is it
> > > is
> > >     often the work of foreign specialists )
> > >
> > >     Cheers
> > >
> > >     CM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8 Dec 2015 at 15:49, Miriam Maina wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Team,
> > >
> > > > I have been looking for historical maps (or shapefiles) of
> > > > Johannesburg's early (non-residential) land uses.
> > >
> > > > A good example would be industry location and the manufacturing areas
> > > > in the 1940's-1950's, or even further back.
> > >
> > > > Would anyone have a resource or archive in mind? I don't mind
> > > > digitizing hard copy maps, so libraries would also be okay.
> > >
> > > > Many thanks,
> > >
> > > > Warm Regards,
> > >
> > > > *Miriam M. Maina*
> > >
> > > > T. +27 11 717 7619
> > > > C. +27 767 033 473
> > > > E. binti.m at gmail.com, maina_miriam at yahoo.com
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards
> > Walter Smit (Prof. GISc Prac 1193/SA)
> > Chief GISc Professional
> > Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Services - Free State
> >
> > National Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
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> > Office 051 410 5800
> >
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