Guide to the World aeronautical chart ICAO 1:1 000 000 [Australia], [1951?]-
Collection context
Summary
- Collection number:
- MAP G3201.P6 s1000
- Language:
- English and English
- Preferred citation:
- Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of map item], World aeronautical chart ICAO 1:1 000 000 [Australia], National Library of Australia, MAP G3201.P6 s1000, [sheet number(s)]'.
- Availability:
- Available
Background
- Content Summary:
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Map series of Australia showing aerodromes, obstacles, air navigation beacons, radio or television broadcasting stations, power lines, roads, railways, tunnels, towers, grain storages, mines, gases or oil fields, isolated offshore rocks, boundaries, cliffs, bluffs or escarpments, sand ridges, buildings, water features, air navigation, and marine lights. Relief shown by hypsometric and bathymetric tints, contours, shading, hachures, and spot heights.
Part of a worldwide series of aeronautical charts with topographic base. Some map sheets have title: World aeronautical chart RAAF 1:1,000,000. Some map sheets also titled: World aeronautical chart, ICAO 1:1,000,000. Scale 1:1,000,000.
Series contains various editions of some sheets.
Scale 1:1,000,000. Projection: Lambert conformal conic projection.
Publisher varies and maps produced and/or reproduced at various times by: Royal Australian Survey Corps; From 1952-1955 by National Mapping Office; From 1956-1984 Division of National Mapping, Department of Resources and Energy; from 1985-1997 by Australian Surveying and Land Information Group; From 1997- by Airservices Australia; From 1998-2003 by Landinfo; From 2003- by Geoscience Australia; From 2001 by Sinclair Knight Merz Spatial Division; Surveying and Land Information Group; produced by Surveying and Land Information Group, Department of Administrative Services, Perth.
Sheets are colour. On some map sheets: overprints with aeronautical information, and relief data incomplete; sheet layout, aeronautical and topographical legends on verso. Each sheet is named and numbered individually. Includes conversion scale, topographic base, reliability diagram, glossary, text, lights descriptions, index to adjoining sheets, and insets.
- General:
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Geographic coordinates: (E 108°00ʺ--E 156°00ʹ/S 8°00ʹ--N 44°00ʹ)
- Arrangement:
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The list is based on National Library of Australia holdings in the Map collection and is updated as map sheets are acquired or deposited. This is subject to publishers schedules.
All map sheets within this series are described in the finding aid.
Access and use
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2656896). The World aeronautical chart ICAO 1:1 000 000 [Australia] series may be accessed through the Library's Special Collections Reading Room by eCallslip request [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2656896].
- Preferred citation:
- Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of map item], World aeronautical chart ICAO 1:1 000 000 [Australia], National Library of Australia, MAP G3201.P6 s1000, [sheet number(s)]'.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
- Contact: