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SERIES 500 (1404) “IL MONDO” “THE WORLD” INTERNATIONAL MAP 1:500,000 “IL FOGLIO”

TYPE

Map produced by the British GSGS (currently DGC-UK). It is printed in 4 colors

CHARACTERISTICS

Orography is depicted by contour lines and hypsometric tints; State, Region, and Province borders are indicated. Cities are classified according to their importance; road network is classified according to the importance and nature of the road surface, distances are indicated in kilometers.

SCALE

1:500.000

SIZE

4° in Longitude by 2° in Latitude.

NUMBER OF ELEMENTS

The Series consists of 14 elements, all of which are available.

END OF SERIES

Updates ended in 2014

CUT

Geographic, based on the Greenwich meridian

ELLIPSOID

International

PROJECTION

Lambert Conformal Conic

KM GRID

UTM, based on ED50 Geodetic Reference System

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