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The [Belgian] Institut Géographique National / National Geografisch Instituut = www.ngi.be <http://www.ngi.be/> ; from its top bar menu, one can choose Site:historiek (history from 1831 to 2011), which under date juli 2002, gives the following name/organization change:- De wet van 8 juni 1976 richt het NATIONAAL GEOGRAFISCH INSTITUUT (NGI) op, parastatale van het type B onder de voogdij van de minister van Landsverdediging. Obviously one can choose either the français or the nederlands versions of the site; choosing top bar menu Produits, then clicking on Cartes anciennes et Cartothèque supplies details on the 2 x 1:40K topographic series (1861-78 & 1878-1940) mentioned earlier by Wouter Bracke. FH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Wesley Sent: 29 April 2011 19:45 To: Discussion group for map history Subject: Re: [MapHist] Belgian 1;40,000 map scales As recently as the seventies, the former Institut Geographique Militaire in Bruxelles was selling these older military topo. maps at those unusual scales. Today, the mapping body has been renamed the "Institut Geographique National", and most of its maps are ultra-modern and at the more conventional scales for metric topo. maps. Mike G. _____ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 4:24:24 AM Subject: Re: [MapHist] Belgian 1;40,000 map scales Hi George, They look Belgian - the inscription at the bottom of the Anvers one says "Leve et nivele en 1863...Redige et grave in 1889...Equidistance de 5 metres Revu sur le terrain en 1879 et 1892 Zincographie a l'Institut cartographique militaire, octobre 1893" Also "mise a jour en 1892-1894" and "Grave par J B De La hoese, J Ongers, F Deraedemacker et V Labarge It has a small blue sticker on the basck indicating it's no.15 in a series. Another odd feature is its folding, with the key, scale, folded off at the bottom (it doesn't look like its bene re-folded. Odder still,it has no boundary on any but the south...the map goes all the way to the edge of the paper (as if some of the map is missing...but the blue sticker indicates all the map is there). The Bruges map (no.13) has the dame features, slightly different years. The Bruges map includes a small;portion of 'Pays Bas' - greyed out and de-coloured. Dr Hillary Shaw School of Business, Management and Marketing Harper Adams University College Newport Shropshire TF10 8NB -----Original Message----- From: George Carhart <[email protected]> To: Discussion group for map history <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:53 Subject: Re: [MapHist] Belgian 1;40,000 map scales Hi Hillary, Just one quick question: as Joost notes in his list of Belgian maps there are no 1:40,000 maps, are you certain that your two maps are of Begian origin? The German army had 1:40,000 topographic maps of Belgium in 1940 and may also have had similar maps in 1914. I do not know the origin of the German maps, but the German 1:200,000 Army General Staff maps for France from 1940, have a grid that indicates that they had a 1:40,000 map series for Belgium and a 1:80,000 map series for France. I hope that this is of some help. George Dr.phil. George S. Carhart -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Apr 28, 2011 3:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MapHist] Belgian 1;40,000 map scales I have a selection of medium scale sheet maps from various countries, analogous to the UK's O/Smaps at 1;50,000, 1;25,000. Almost all these sheet maps are at 'conventional' scales - 1;100,000, 1;50,000, 1;25,000. Except for a couple of Belgian maps - Anvers 1893, and Bruges and S E, 1913, both at 1;40,000. Anyone know why Belgium alone chose this unusual scale, or do I just need to get out to more 2nd hand map shops? Hillary Shaw Newport Shropshire
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