Maps of the Turks & Caicos Islands, 1:25 000

The Turks and Caicos Islands topographic series from the late 1960s. The edition comprises the first edition of 1:25,000 series (DOS309), a four-color map on the Transverse Mercator projection (Clarke 1866 ellipsoid) with UTM grid and contours at 25 ft intervals. Relief shown by contours, spot heights and form lines. Each sheet has an individual sheet number.

Maps stored in the data repository are not georeferenced yet.

Maps are available at: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233548182/view

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Last Updated April 14, 2021, 19:11 (UTC)
Created April 7, 2021, 19:54 (UTC)
Region TC
Language eng
Topic Category Imagery base maps earth cover
Temporal Extent Start 1968-01-01
Temporal Extent End 1968-12-31
Dataset Reference Date 1968
Lineage The Turks and Caicos Islands were mapped by the British Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS) (now Ordnance Survey International (OSI)) in the late 1960s in two parallel contoured series at scale 1:10,000 (DOS 209) and1:25,000 (DOS 309). Mapping was based on air photography flown by the USAAF in 1943 and by Hunting Surveys Ltd in 1961.
West Longitude 72.5125
South Latitude 21.16806
East Longitude 71.075
North Latitude 21.975
Spatial Reference System WGS84
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Resource Reference 1:25,000 Turks & Caicos Islands. Great Britain. Directorate of Overseas Surveys. DOS ; 309 P (E8112) D.O.S. (Series) ; 309.
Data Format tiff
Update Frequency not planned
Accuracy unknown
Resource Type Dataseries
Metadata Date 2021-04-06
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