What is it about?
Investigation of missing detailed maps of Interwar Poland. How many sheets were published, what types and how we know about it. How many sheets were found and uploaded online, how many are still missing.
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Why is it important?
Military detailed maps are very important and precise historical documents about the past settlements. Around 30% of Interwar Poland was mapped and published, another 30% was mapped but not published - these raw data were lost during the WW2. If found, missing sheets would fill enormous gap in historical documentation of nowadays eastern Poland, western Belarus and western Ukraine.
Perspectives
98% of MGI's detailed maps are available online, but only 30% of them were revised for the 1930s. It is highly possible that around 4-8% of maps may be found elsewhere. Another 16-20% of maps will probably never be found. But still, the whole thing is an interesting story, isn't it?
dr Jakub Kuna
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
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This page is a summary of: ‘Partially compiled’ maps 1:25,000 by Polish Military Geographical Institute (1919–1939), Polish Cartographical Review, March 2018, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.2478/pcr-2018-0003.
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