[OSGeo Africa] Africa Digest, Vol 142, Issue 6

[Pieter Holtzhausen]

Hi Grant and Walter,

FYI, I have already created an application where you can drill down to see
the historical aerial photos and topo maps.
www.dla.org.za/DLA/Map/NGI_widget.html



Kind regards,

Pieter

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:00 PM <africa-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:51:23 +0200
> From: "Chris" <chris at airphotoafrica.co.za>
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> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] Topographic Map Series of Namibia?
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>     The paper based maps are not that expensive ( at least
>     here in SA )
>     Granted there are quite a number of them.
>
>     Still for a not very large sum YOU would have a compete
>     set (  believing that the SG in Windhuk <sic>  can supply a
>     full set ) to store away for any future use. Perhaps the
>     South African SG / NGI should as a matter of principle
>     keep in their archive / document section full sets of ALL
>     maps of the SADC countries ( including perhaps
>     Mozamabique and Angola ) ? I imagine that the state of
>     the SG departments of these countries would make this
>     something of a difficult task ?
>
>     Speaking from observed experience the Geography
>     departments of our larger better known Universities ( and
>     their libraries ) do have quite extensive map collections
>     ( although these may not be completely up to data )
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>     Have a look particularly at UCT as well as WITS
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>     http://www.specialcollections.uct.ac.za/maps
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>     Just up the road from Aslam at NGI -- Van Der Sterr
>     building Rhodes Avenue
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>
>     CM
>
>
> Aftertaking all of human history
>        for population to reach one billion.
>
>        It took only a little over a century
>     To reach two billion in 1930.
>
>         The Third Billion was added in just thirty years.( 1960 )
>             The Fourth Billion in only Fifteen Years. ( 1975 )
>     The Fifth Billion in Twelve Years ( 1987 )
>              The Sixth billion in just Thirteen Years. ( 2000 )
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> On 10 Dec 2018 at 14:03, Grant Slater wrote:
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> > Hi Aslam,
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 at 13:17, Aslam Parker <Aslam.Parker at drdlr.gov.za>
> > wrote: > > The Surveyor General > Directorate of Survey and Mapping > 55
> > Robert Mugabe Avenue > Ausspannplatz > Private Bag 13343 > Windhoek,
> > Namibia > Tel: +264 61 296 5036/9 > Fax: +264 61 249 802 > > Opening
> > hours: > Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:00 > (except for public holidays) >
> > > http://www.mlr.gov.na/survey-and-mapping >
> >
> > Thank you.
> > I have already tried both numbers listed earlier today, without
> > success. Maybe bad timing... I'll try again earlier in the day.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Grant
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